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Tchaikovsky's Wife

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Antonina Milyukova is a beautiful and bright young woman, born in the aristocracy of 19th century Russia. She could have anything she'd want, and yet her only obsession is to marry Pyotr Tchaikovsky, with whom she falls in love from the very moment she hears his music. The composer finally accepts this union, but after blaming her for his misfortunes and breakdowns, his attempts to get rid of his wife are brutal. Consumed by her feelings for him, Antonina decides to endure and do whatever it takes to stay with him. Humiliated, disgraced and discarded, she is slowly driven to madness.

Release Date : 2022-11-11

Language :FrenchItalianRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : CharadesHype FilmLogical PicturesBord Cadre FilmsKinoprime Foundation

Production Country : FranceRussiaSwitzerland

Alternative Titles : Tchaikovsky’s Wife

Cast

Alyona Mikhaylova

Character Name : Antonina Milyukova

Original Name : Алёна Михайлова

Gender : Female

Odin Lund Biron

Character Name : Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Original Name : Один Ланд Байрон

Gender : Male

Nikita Elenev

Character Name : Kotek, Tchaikovsky's Pupil

Original Name : Никита Еленев

Gender : Male

Ekaterina Ermishina

Character Name : Liza, Antoninona's Sister

Original Name : Ekaterina Ermishina

Gender : Female

Philipp Avdeev

Character Name : Modest Tchaikovsky / Anatoli Tchaikovsky

Original Name : Филипп Авдеев

Gender : Male

Miron Fedorov

Character Name : Nikolai Rubinstein

Original Name : Мирон Фёдоров

Gender : Male

Andrey Burkovskiy

Character Name : Vladimir Meshchersky

Original Name : Андрей Бурковский

Gender : Male

Aleksandr Gorchilin

Character Name : Brandukov, Tchaikovsky's Pupil

Original Name : Александр Горчилин

Gender : Male

Varvara Shmykova

Character Name : Sasha, Tchaikovsky's Sister

Original Name : Варвара Шмыкова

Gender : Female

Vladimir Mishukov

Character Name : Shlykov, Antonina's Lawyer

Original Name : Владимир Мишуков

Gender : Male

Viktor Horinyak

Character Name : Yurgenson, Tchaikovsky's Publisher

Original Name : Виктор Хориняк

Gender : Male

Akilina Sokolova

Character Name : Girl on platform

Original Name : Акилина Соколова

Gender : Female

Yuliya Aug

Character Name : Mad Woman at Church

Original Name : Юлия Ауг

Gender : Female

Natalya Pavlenkova

Character Name : Olga Nikaronovna, Antonina's Mother

Original Name : Наталья Павленкова

Gender : Female

Gurgen Tsaturyan

Character Name : Nikolai Bochechkarov, Tchaikovsky's Friend

Original Name : Gurgen Tsaturyan

Gender : Male

Sofya Reznik

Character Name : Anastasia, Aleksandr's wife

Original Name : Sofya Reznik

Gender : Female

Irina Rudnitskaya

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : Irina Rudnitskaya

Gender : Male

Georgiy Kudrenko

Character Name : Postman

Original Name : Георгий Кудренко

Gender : Male

Olga Dobrina

Character Name : Nun

Original Name : Olga Dobrina

Gender : Female

Aleksey Fokin

Character Name : Best man

Original Name : Aleksey Fokin

Gender : Male

Tatyana Dolmatovskaya

Character Name : Milliner

Original Name : Tatyana Dolmatovskaya

Gender : Female

Artem Nemov

Character Name : Serge

Original Name : Артём Немов

Gender : Male

Stanislav Rumyantsev

Character Name : Young officer

Original Name : Станислав Румянцев

Gender : Male

Savva Savelyev

Character Name : Restaurant visitor

Original Name : Savva Savelyev

Gender : Male

Ilya Demutsky

Character Name : Restaurant visitor

Original Name : Ilya Demutsky

Gender : Male

Vasily Zorky

Character Name : Restaurant visitor

Original Name : Vasily Zorky

Gender : Male

Dmitriy Andreev

Character Name : Restaurant guest

Original Name : Dmitriy Andreev

Gender : Male

Marina Kleshchyova

Character Name : Midwife

Original Name : Marina Kleshchyova

Gender : Male

Vladislav Semiletkov

Character Name : Newspaper seller

Original Name : Владислав Семилетков

Gender : Male

Nikita Pirozhkov

Character Name : Alyosha, Tchaikovsky's Servant

Original Name : Никита Пирожков

Gender : Male

Evgeny Pisarev

Character Name : Funeral

Original Name : Evgeny Pisarev

Gender : Male

Teresa Mavica

Character Name : Funeral

Original Name : Teresa Mavica

Gender : Male

Mikhail Makarov

Character Name : Young officer

Original Name : Mikhail Makarov

Gender : Male

Vasiliy Popov

Character Name : Young officer

Original Name : Vasiliy Popov

Gender : Male

Nikita Yurtaev

Character Name : Young officer

Original Name : Nikita Yurtaev

Gender : Male

Nikita Grigorev

Character Name : Young officer

Original Name : Nikita Grigorev

Gender : Male

Daniil Orlov

Character Name : Albrekht

Original Name : Daniil Orlov

Gender : Male

Mariya Zolotukhina

Character Name : Student

Original Name : Mariya Zolotukhina

Gender : Female

Egor Kuvshinov

Character Name : Handsome man

Original Name : Egor Kuvshinov

Gender : Male

Natalia Polenova

Character Name : Khvostova

Original Name : Natalia Polenova

Gender : Male

Nikita Lebedev

Character Name : Aleksandr, Antonina's Brother

Original Name : Nikita Lebedev

Gender : Male

Peter Aidu

Character Name : Undertaker

Original Name : Peter Aidu

Gender : Male

Eugene Ferre

Character Name : Handsome Man

Original Name : Eugene Ferre

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-10

Alyona Mikhailova is really quite good here as the all-but-obsessed "Antontina"" who takes a shine to the already acclaimed, but not especially wealthy, Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Odin Lund Biron). She manages to use her influential friends to get her into his conservatoire but though a competent pianist, struggles to make the grade or to pay the 50 roubles per month fee! Her infatuation encourages her to propose marriage to him. He politely declines, but she perseveres and in the end he opts for a companionship style of relationship. Initially that works, but gradually her love wants to manifest itself in something more physical and that repels him. Repels him to the extent that he leaves her and seeks a divorce. She fights this and with poverty and extreme emotional loneliness looming we follow her life through to it's rather sad conclusion during which, despite having three children with her lawyer lover "Shlykov" (Vladimir Mishukov), she never fails in her love. History tells us a little of the man's peccadilloes, and indeed as the film progresses we soon see that his "preferred" company is of much more importance to him that his marriage. That drama plays out in an uncomfortable to watch series of scenarios that cannot help to elicit a great degree of sympathy for a lady caught up in something that neither can control. The films looks great capturing the imagery, poverty and aspirations of late 19th century Imperial Russia but it's a really slow burn and I am afraid I just didn't really ever quite understand why she was quite to pathologically besotted with a man who, to his credit, was clear from the outset that he didn't want a marriage at all, and that if he did it was unlikely to offer more than a "brotherly" love. I needed to know just a little more of what made her tick and to be honest, I also needed a bit more meat on the bones of his life too. There's also a distinct paucity of his music which rather reduced this to the status of a stylishly photographed melodrama of family discord that really underdelivered on the characterisation front. Mikhailova does well though, her diminishing grasp on sanity and reality being well depicted and in all this is worth a watch. Just a little disappointing.