Tchaikovsky (Чайковский) 54 years old

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.

Credits

Evgeni Leonov as Aliosha

Alla Demidova as Yulia von Meck

Vladislav Strzhelchik as Nicholas Rubinstein

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)

Kirill Lavrov as Pahulsky

Antonina Shuranova as Natalia von Meck

Tchaikovsky Cast

Name	Character
Evgeni Leonov He was 44, 67 years old when he died	as Aliosha
Alla Demidova She was 33, now 88 years old	as Yulia von Meck
Vladislav Strzhelchik He was 49, 74 years old when he died	as Nicholas Rubinstein
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy He was 45, 69 years old when he died	as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Chaikovsky)
Kirill Lavrov He was 44, 81 years old when he died	as Pahulsky
Antonina Shuranova She was 34, 66 years old when she died	as Natalia von Meck
Bruno Frejndlikh He was 60, 92 years old when he died	as Turgenev
Maya Plisetskaya She was 44, 89 years old when she died	as Desire

Tchaikovsky Crew

Name	Department
Igor Talankin as Director. He was 42 (82) years old when He died	Directing
Igor Talankin as Writer. He was 42 (82) years old when He died	Writing
Budimir Metalnikov as Writer. He was 44 (75) years old when He died	Writing
Yuriy Nagibin as Writer. He was 50 (74) years old when He died	Writing

Tchaikovsky (54 years)

Release day: Monday, August 31, 1970
Runtime: 157 minutes