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Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes59%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
57 audience votes
Key crew
- Melvyn BraggScreenplay
- Ken RussellDirector
Cast
- Richard ChamberlainPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Glenda JacksonAntonina 'Nina' Milyukova
- Max AdrianNicholas Rubinstein
- Christopher GableCount Anton Chiluvsky
- Kenneth ColleyModeste Tchaikovsky
- Izabella TelezynskaMadame Nadedja von Meck
- Maureen PryorMrs. Milyukova
- Sabina MaydelleSasha Tchaikovsky
- Andrew FauldsDavidov
- Bruce RobinsonAlexei Sofronov
- Ben ArisYoung Lieutenant
- Xavier RussellKoyola