Tchaikovsky (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Tchaikovsky |
| Original title | Айковский |
| Country of production | Soviet Union |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1969 |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Igor Vasilyevich Talankin |
| script |
Budimir Metalnikow Yuri Nagibin Igor Wassiljewitsch Talankin |
| music |
Dimitri Tiomkin (musical design) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
| camera |
Margarita Pilichina Alexander Borissow Yuri Kladschenko |
| cut |
Leonid Nechoroschew Soja Werjowkina |
| occupation | |
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Tchaikovsky is a Soviet biography . The film, directed by Igor Wassiljewitsch Talankin in 1969 and produced by the film company Mosfilm , deals with the last 20 years of the Russian composer's life, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky .
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When Tchaikovsky was working on his First Piano Concerto , his dominant friend, the pianist Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein , refused to play it at the world premiere, as he considered it unplayable. Shortly after the failure of the ballet “ Swan Lake ”, the wealthy widow Nadezhda Filaretovna von Meck sent the composer a check.
A little later he decided to compose his opera " Eugene Onegin " with Alexander Pushkin 's work of the same name as a template. While working on the opera, he receives a love letter from student Antonina Ivanovna. Trying to see her, he is arrested but released a little later. Tchaikovsky is writing his Fourth Symphony and dedicating it to his patroness von Meck. She hopes that Tchaikovsky's marriage to the student will give the composer the peace he needs for his work.
While Tchaikovsky's entourage reacts enthusiastically to his wife at his side, the homosexual composer is driven mad by married life; he makes a suicide attempt in the Moscow river . When Antonina asks 10,000 rubles for her consent to divorce, Nadezhda von Meck, who has longed for spiritual company all her life, comes to the rescue to relieve her soulmate Tchaikovsky from the torments of marriage.
A little later, Rubinstein died in Paris after playing Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto there - in the meantime benevolently facing the work. Tchaikovsky declines the offer to succeed Rubinstein as head of the Moscow Conservatory. Tchaikovsky travels back to his unrest-shaped homeland and is confronted with negative reviews for his new opera “The Maiden of Orleans”.
After Nadezhda von Meck held a festival in honor of Tchaikovsky and Tchaikovsky returned that same night, von Meck broke off all contact with the composer. Von Meck's servant Pachulsky, who has since begun a secret relationship with von Meck's daughter Julia, fails in his attempt to negatively influence von Meck's opinion about Tchaikovsky.
A little later, Tchaikovsky experienced triumphs and honors with the world premiere of his opera “ Pique Dame ”. The composer learns from Pachulsky, who accuses Tchaikovsky of having taken advantage of Ms. von Meck, that his former patron is suffering from an incurable psychological condition.
While Tchaikovsky is working on a new symphony, the “ Pathétique ”, a cholera epidemic breaks out. A few days after the premiere of the symphony, Tchaikovsky fell ill with cholera and died.
Awards
The film received an award and several nominations. Tchaikovsky actor Innokenti Michailowitsch Smoktunowski was honored with the actor's award at the San Sebastián Film Festival .
In 1972 there were nominations for the Oscar (in the categories of “ Best Foreign Language Film ” and “ Best Film Music ”) and for the Golden Globe Award (“ Best Foreign Language Film ”).
Reviews
“A huge monumental film about Tchaikovsky (1840–1893). Elaborate, kitschy and full of artificial melancholy, the biography creates an idealizing, trivial star portrait at the expense of historical accuracy. "
Web links
- Tchaikovsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tchaikovsky. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .