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Released
1971 · FILM

The Music Lovers

A passionate and tormented Tchaikovsky battles his repressed desires and emotional turmoil as he navigates a disastrous marriage to escape his truth, all while composing the music that will define his legacy.

The music lover. He had a love of life. But was torn by it. He reached out for the sensual. And was burned by it. His genius demanded a price. And he paid it.

Directed by
Runtime
123 min
BiographyComedyDrama

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.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael BradsellShot by Douglas SlocombeScored by Andre PrevinDesigned by Natasha Kroll

Box Office

1971 · Box office

Produced on a $2.0M budget

Production budget

$2.0M

Also known as

  • Tschaikowsky – Genie und Wahnsinnde
  • La pasión de vivires
  • La Symphonie pathétiquefr
  • L'altra faccia dell'amoreit

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