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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1970 DVD Release: 09/04/2001 Format: DVD - Letterbox for TV Audio Tracks: English, French, Russian Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 33 mins Studio: Kino Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Drama, Period Film, Musical Drama, Biopic [feature] See Also: Tchaikovsky

Innokenty Smotkunovsky essays the title role in the Russian production Tchaikovsky (released in some areas as Tchaikowski). Avoiding the erotic sensationalism of Kenneth Russell's The Music Lovers, the film illustrates how Tchaikovsky's life and work were virtually one in the same. Among the many highlights are the re-creations of the composer's ballets, brilliantly performed by Maya Plisetskaya. Hollywood-based composer Dmitri Tiomkin who arranged the music for Tchaikovsky and the picture itself earned Academy Award nominations. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Innokenty Smoktunovsky - Tchaikovsky
Vladislav Strzhelchik - Rubinshteyn
Yevgeny Leonov
Yevgeni Yevstigneyev
Antonina Shuranova

Igor Talankin's sweeping biopic of composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Russian, English, and French soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. Subtitles in over ten different languages are accessible. Supplemental materials include interviews with the lead actors, a mini-biography of Tchaikovsky, a featurette on the film's cinematographer, filmographies, and production stills. This is an excellent disc from Kino that should appeal especially to classical music enthusiasts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide