Russian Film: Tchaikovsky (1969) (English subtitles).

Tchaikovsky (1969) (English subtitles). Part 2/2.

The film is dedicated to the great Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893). It tells of the last twenty years of the great master's life, of his friendship with Baroness von Meck, an outstanding woman of her time, who for many years was Tchaikovsky's guardian angel. The film also includes retrospections of the composer's childhood and adolescent years, with Tchaikovsky's life poetically recounted against the background of fragments from his operas and ballets performed by the best Russian musicians.

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Crew:
Director: Igor Talankin
Script: Budimir Metalnikov, Yuri Nagibin, Igor Talankin
Camera: Margarita Pilikhina
Music by: Tyomkin DmitryEn Mise, D'Orchestre Direction

Cast:
Innokenti Smoktunovsky as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Antonina Shuranova as Natalia von Meck
Kirill Lavrov as Pahulsky
Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nicholas Rubinstein
Evgeni Leonov as Aliosha
Maya Plisetskaya as Desire
Bruno Frejndlikh as Turgenev
Alla Demidova as Yulia von Meck
Evgeni Evstigneev as Laroche

Awards
* Prize for Best Actor (Innokenty Smoktunovsky) and Jury Diploma to the film at the San Sebastian IFF, 1970
* Oscar nominations for Best Foreign Film and for Best Musical Adaptation, 1971