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The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky or It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball (German: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Zarah Leander, Aribert Wäscher and Hans Stüwe.
Film Details. Also Known As. Ken Russell's Film on Tchaikovsky and The Music Lovers, Tchaikovsky, The Lonely Heart. MPAA Rating. Genre. Biography. Drama. Musical. Release Date. Jan 1971. Premiere Information. New York opening: week of 25 Jan 1971; Los Angeles opening: 24 Feb 1971. Production Company. Russfilms, Ltd. Distribution Company.
- Ken Russell, Jonathan Benson
- Richard Chamberlain
The Music Lovers: Directed by Ken Russell. With Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Max Adrian, Christopher Gable. Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his latent homosexuality by getting married.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Ken Russell
- 1971-02-17
The screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, focuses on the life and career of 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Mar 20, 2022 · The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky or It Was a Lovely Night at the Ball (German: Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht) is a 1939 German historical drama film directed by Carl Froelich and...
- 89 min
- 2041
- The Grand Archive
In December 1875, Moscow Conservatory music teacher Peter Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) frolics at a snow festival in Moscow, and then passes out in bed with his gay lover, the foppish Count Anton Chiluvsky (Christopher Gable).
Apr 29, 2012 · Richard Chamberlain as Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers. Director Ken Russell's take on the life of 19th Century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a highly-sexualized, operatically-themed, visually-surreal exercise in bad taste.
