The Music Lovers

Guided throughout by the swells and dips of Tchaikovsky's music, Ken Russell's The Music Lovers examines the tragedies of Tchaikovsky's life through opulent and fantastic musical sequences running alongside a narrative of the composer's life between 1875 and 1881. Touching on his disastrous marriage with Antonia Miliukova, his relationship with his patroness Nadezhda von Neck, and his repressed homosexuality, The Music Lovers is anchored by magnetic central performances from Glenda Jackson following her Academy Award for Women in Love, coupled with Richard Chamberlain as a neurotic Tchaikovsky. Forming part of Ken Russell's collection of experimental composer biopics, The Music Lovers features plenty of his signature provocation and excess, but ultimately takes a sympathetic lens to Tchaikovsky's life in a repressive Russian society.

Special Features

Booklet, Bonus Footage, Commentary: Matthew Melia (film historian), Documentaries: 'Costume Designs', Interviews: Alexander Verney-Elliott (son of Ken Russell); Melvyn Bragg (author/screenwriter), 'Charlotte Bronte Enters the Big Brother House' (2007): 'Radical Bronte' ballet staged, directed and filmed by Ken Russell; Galina Ulanova in 'Swan Lake' (1940); 'USSR Today': Highlights from three editions of the Soviet newsreel gathering items about Tchaikovsky and Russian musical arts, Trailers

Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Maureen Pryor, Sabina Maydelle, Max Adrian, Kenneth Colley, Andrew Faulds, Glenda Jackson, Christopher Gable, Izabella Telezynska, Bruce Robinson

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 123 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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