Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media

This article lists appearances of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media (e.g. films, drama music or otherwise).

Films

• Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht (1939, Germany; released in the US as "It Was a Gay Ballnight"; and on re-release as The Life and Loves of Tschaikovsky)

  Tchaikovsky was played by Hans Stüwe

• Heavenly Music (1943)

  Tchaikovsky was played by Lionel Royce

  This won an Oscar in 1944 for Best Short Subject–Two Reel ^[1]

• None but the Lonely Heart (1944, USA)

  Directed by Clifford Odets

  Screenplay by Clifford Odets

  Based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn

• Carnegie Hall (1947)

  Tchaikovsky was played by Alfonso D'Artega

• Song of My Heart (1948, US).

  Directed by Benjamin Glazer

  Screenplay by Benjamin Glazer

  Tchaikovsky was played by the Swedish actor Frank Sundström

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• Tchaikovsky (1969, Russia)

  Directed by Igor Talankin

  Screenplay by Yuri Nagibin

  Tchaikovsky was played by Innokenty Smoktunovsky

  Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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• The Music Lovers (1970, UK)

  Directed by Ken Russell

  Screenplay by Melvyn Bragg

  Based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck

  Tchaikovsky was played by Richard Chamberlain

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• Together (2002, China)

  Directed by Chen Kaige

  Screenplay by Xue Xiaolu and Chen Kaige

  Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 - Finale: Allegro vivacissimo

• V For Vendetta (2006, Canada)

  Directed by James McTeigue

  Screenplay by Andy Wachowski

  IMDB link

• The Concert (2009, France)

  Directed by Radu Mihaileanu

  Screenplay by Radu Mihaileanu

  Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 - I. Allegro moderato

  IMDB link

Television

• The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (episode of Disneyland, 1959)

  Tchaikovsky was played by Rex Hill as a boy and Grant Williams as a man

• Pride or Prejudice (1993, UK)

  BBC documentary

  Various theories investigated regarding Tchaikovsky's death

• Great Composers – Tchaikovsky (1997)

  The voice of Tchaikovsky was provided by Sir Ian McKellen

• Tchaikovsky (2007, UK)

  Two-part docudrama on the composer's life

  Episode 1: Tchaikovsky: The Creation of Genius (2007, UK)

  Episode 2: Tchaikovsky: Fortune and Tragedy (2007, UK)

  Tchaikovsky was played by Ed Stoppard

  Part of BBC concept The Tchaikovsky Experience which consisted of several television and radio broadcasts of works by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky, as well as programs about St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Music

• Shameful Vice

  Opera by English composer Michael Finnissy

  Libretto focuses on Tchaikovsky's last days and death

• All Over The World

  Song by British electronic pop group Pet Shop Boys

  Contains uncredited sample of Tchaikovsky

• Let There Be Rock

  Rock song by AC/DC

  References Tchaikovsky's influence on popular music.

• Lynguistics

  Hip Hop song by CunninLynguists

  Contains sample of Tchaikovskys Violin Concerto in D Op 35 - 1. Allegro Moderato.

References