157 minutes
8/31/1970
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.
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
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
Evgeniy Evstigneev
as Laroche
Yakov Nayshuler
as эпизод (нет в титрах)
Liliya Yudina
as Milyukova
Nikolai Afanasyev
as Gostya
Nina Agapova
as Gostya
Aleftina Evdokimova
as Singer
Liliya Evstigneeva
as Gostya na priyeme
Natalya Klimova
Ervin Knausmyuller
as Butler
Luiza Koshukova
as Mother Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
Vladimir Maslatsov
as Tramp
Aleksandr Smirnov
as Kaschkin
Tatyana Strukova
as Queen of Spades
Nikolay Trofimov
as Chief of Police
Arkadi Trusov
as Agathon
Mariya Vinogradova
as Woman Call the Police
Gerasim Voronkov
as Petja Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)