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Release Date:
5 February 2000 (USA) morePlot:
In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy... more | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
A landmark masterpiece, had it been spoken in Russian. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ralph Fiennes | ... | Onegin | |
| Liv Tyler | ... | Tatyana | |
| Toby Stephens | ... | Lensky | |
| Lena Headey | ... | Olga | |
| Martin Donovan | ... | Prince Nikitin | |
| Alun Armstrong | ... | Zaretsky | |
| Simon McBurney | ... | Triquet | |
| Harriet Walter | ... | Madame Larina | |
| Jason Watkins | ... | Guillot | |
| Irene Worth | ... | Princess Alina | |
| Gwenllian Davies | ... | Anisia | |
| Margery Withers | ... | Nanya | |
| Geoffrey McGivern | ... | Audrey Petrovitch | |
| Tim McMullan | ... | Dandy 1 | |
| Tim Potter | ... | Dandy 2 |
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Rated R for brief violence and a sexual image.Parents Guide:
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106 minColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | USA:R | South Korea:18 | Brazil:Livre | Germany:12 (w) | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:M | Spain:7 | UK:12Fun Stuff
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The song played at Tatiana's Naming Day feast is "On the Hills of Manchuria". It is not a folk song. It was written in 1906 by Ilya Shatrov, bandmaster of 214 Mokshansky infantry regiment, after tragical events of Russian-Japanese war. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: Ortodox Tatiana's Naming Day is January 26, but it is summertime in the movie. moreQuotes:
Evgeny Onegin: Can't you see where this leads? A declaration, a kiss, a wedding, family, obligation, boredom, adultery. moreSoundtrack:
Mir ist so wunderbar moreFAQ
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This film is wonderful and beautiful. I was impressed with the amount of user comments, considering the film has not been very popular, and in the Americas, hardly seen, and bashed by critics. It is an almost perfect film rendition of this classic literary work. I recently saw an acclaimed production of the opera Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, and have read Russian literature. This film is a more complete, and captivating experience than the opera or the original verse novel (in translation). However, the true Russian spirit cannot be captured with the entire cast speaking in Etonian British accents. The film should have been released (even in English speaking countries) completely synchronized in Russian (I prefer to say synchronized since the actors in any film are dubbed, the word is very negative, by themselves anyway). Some of the original verses could have been included. The wonderful score by Magnus Fiennes should have been complemented by Tchaikovsky (and not German Beethoven) music, preferably from the newly-popular Onegin opera. With those (very important) revisions, the film would have been the finest example of Russian literature ever brought to the screen.