tchaikovsky ( 1969 ) represent innokenti smoktunovsky and antonina shuranova and vladislav strzhelchik and kirill lavrov and alla demidova and yevgeni leonov and bruno frejnndilkh and maya plisetskaya and yevgeni yevstigneyev and liliya yudina . director igor talankin . screenplay yuri nagibin and budimir metalnikov . i merge with you in your music . this russian film and from director igor talankin and be an obscure and independent foreign film when it be in theater in 1969 and play in art house in the 1970 . but it impact must have be great and fuel the idea for other similar film about classical music composer ( to name a few and ken russell mahler 1975 and amadeus 1984 and immortal beloved 1995 ) . it be a long and emotionally drive and romanticize account of the life of peter ilych tchaikovsky . while not every aspect of his life be cover and and his homosexuality be imply in the most subtle of hint and it be a glossy and beautiful tale with the theme of an artist and his muse . in the case of the real tchaikovsky and it be his patron the reclusive millionairess madame natalia von meck . their relationship be the focus of the film . film on location in russia and france and the film follow the life of tchaikovsky and highlight the key moment of his career . true to the depiction of him a a child and he be a gifted musician but a frail and sickly child with mood swing and psychological problem and problem which would continue through his adulthood . his first big step be a relationship with the prominent pianist nicholas rubinstein . in the film and tchaikovsky occupies his time composing and teach music to his pupil while study music at the conservatory and where he make most of his friend . all this be very true and but the film completely ignore the fact that tchaikovsky be gay and quite troubled by it and a this be a restrictive and very catholic russia . only through small hint do we perceive his turmoil . his sudden marriage to antonina be simply his way of attempt to quiet whisper and live a seemingly normal straight life . but after an attempted suicide and he divorce her . meanwhile and his only relationship with a female be with the wealthy and old madame von meck . she adore his music and support him financially . they never meet and correspond only through letter and something which go on for 13 year . for von meck and it appear to be a kind of mental love affair and and when she arrange for an actual meeting in a country estate and tchaikovsky run away and break her heart . there be many gorgeous and move scene and but these be limit to the one between tchaikovsky and von meck and such a the scene in the train in which tchaikovsky and read her letter and imago she be in the train with him and and the two contemplate the nature of their relationship and one solely base in music . after the death of rubinstein and tchaikovsky begin to ponder his own mortality . death come again and this time for madame von meck and who suffer a mental illness after become bankrupt . tchaikovsky imagination and creativity be fuel by these various experience and and although we do not see him create the ballet he be most famous for swan lake and sleep beauty and nutcracker and we see the completion of his piano concerto 1 ( which be say to be unplayable ) and his fourth symphony which he dedicate to von meck and his great opera and the romantic tragedy eugene onegin and which reflect tchaikovsky own doom relationship with his one time wife and the melancholy final opera queen of spade and which seem to be make a sad statement about his relationship with van meck and the inspiration for the old countess who have the secret to win in the card game . it appear that tchaikovsky felt he use van meck and she haunt him after her death . the music to the film be a hodgepodge of tchaikovsky music include the symphony and ballet but the score to this film use variation and tchaikovsky like melody compose by dimitri tiomkin and a noted russian film composer who also make music for american movie and such a fall of the roman empire in 1964. this be a long and poetic and philosophical and dreamy and romantic film and film on location in russia and france and include paris . the cinematography tend to be both romantic and bleak and which best describe the mood of tchaikovsky . this be an excellent film for music student to watch and simply because the acting be top notch ( the actor playing tchaikovsky be hauntingly like tchaikovsky himself ) and although this be not an accurate and detailed account of tchaikovsky life and it an impressive film worth view by anyone who love classical music and that of tchaikovsky and the romantic from russia .