Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexuality by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.
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| Richard Chamberlain | ... | Tchaikovsky | |
| Glenda Jackson | ... | Nina (Antonina Milyukova) | |
| Max Adrian | ... | Nicholas Rubinstein | |
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Christopher Gable | ... | Count Anton Chiluvsky |
| Kenneth Colley | ... | Modeste Tchaikovsky | |
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Izabella Telezynska | ... | Madame Nadedja von Meck |
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Maureen Pryor | ... | Nina's Mother |
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Sabina Maydelle | ... | Sasha Tchaikovsky |
| Andrew Faulds | ... | Davidov | |
| Bruce Robinson | ... | Alexei Sofronov | |
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Ben Aris | ... | Young Lieutenant |
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Xavier Russell | ... | Koyola |
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Dennis Myers | ... | Von Meck, twin |
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John Myers | ... | Von Meck, twin |
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Joanne Brown | ... | Olga Bredska |
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The compelling and bizarre story of Tchaikovsky's life and music. In Ken Russell's own words: "It's the story of the marriage between a homosexual and a nymphomaniac." Written by Jon Dakss <dakss@columbia.edu>
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17 February 1971 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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(slow movement)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano soloist: Raphael Orozco
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Originally released in the UK as a reserved-seat roadshow presentation, complete with overture and intermission. See more »Quotes
Modeste Tchaikovsky: I've got a title for your symphony: "The Pathetic". If it really is all about you. It's so much more fitting than "The Tragic". Just "Symphony #6 in B minor: The Pathetic".See more »
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Referenced in Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters (2003) See more »Soundtracks
PIANO CONCERTO IN B FLAT MINOR(slow movement)
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Piano soloist: Raphael Orozco
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The music lovers brims with Overblown romantic sun blessed cliches. But this film is as self indulgent, decadent and dramatic as Tchaikovsky's music itself. The camera swoops and glides with the music, history is artisticly crafted and the torture and pain felt in his music can bring compassion to the coldest of souls. Lyrical images accompany his concertos carrying the audience through various characters fantasies, personifying dreams and giving life to hidden secrets.Tchaikovsky is driven to insanity not only by his unquenching desire to write music, but also by his surpressed, socailly unacceptable homosexuality, his rejected wife and the horrific death of his mother. Russell presents the characters not as individuals but as an ensemble, always wanting what the other cannot give. Together they represent the flamboyant and fatalistic life of the Nineteenth Century.