Fresh
Whole stretches of images seem pushed and pulled along before our eyes by projected desires and anxieties.
Nicolas Rapold, Village Voice
The Music Lovers
The music lover. He had a love of life. But was torn by it. He reached out for the sensual. And was burned by it. His genius demanded a price. And he paid it.
1971 · 2h 3m · R
Drama, Music
Directed by
Ken Russell
Overview
Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately, he chooses wacky nymphomaniac Nina, whom he is unable to satisfy.
Director and cast
- Ken Russell Director
- Richard Chamberlain as Tchaikovsky
- Glenda Jackson as Nina
- Max Adrian as Nicholas Rubinstein
- Christopher Gable as Count Anton Chiluvsky
- Kenneth Colley as Modeste Tchaikovsky
- Izabella Telezynska as Madame Nadedja von Meck
- Maureen Pryor as Mrs. Milyukova
- Sabina Maydelle as Sasha Tchaikovsky
- Andrew Faulds Cast
- Bruce Robinson Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Totally irresponsible as a film about, or inspired by, or parallel to, or bearing a vague resemblance to, Tchaikovsky, his life and times. It is not, however, a complete failure.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
This Ken Russell fantasia-musical biography as wet dream-hangs together more successfully than his other similar efforts, thanks largely to a powerhouse performance by Glenda Jackson, one actress who can hold her own against Russell's excess.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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