Also starring Richard Chamberlain
In this controversial and idiosyncratic portrait of Peter Tchaikovsky, director Ken Russell combines his extravagant imagination with a biographical study of the great Russian composer. The film concentrates on Tchaikovsky's failure to come to terms with his own homosexuality which leads him, partly in a desperate bid for 'normality' and partly to fulfil a wild romantic notion, into a disastrously unsuitable and destructive marriage.
This disturbing work of undeniable power and fascination provided Glenda Jackson with one of the most challenging and demanding roles of her career as the neurotic, importunate wife.
Screenplay by MELVYN BRAGG based on the book Beloved Friend by CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN and BARBARA VON MECK Produced and directed by KEN RUSSELL (First showing on British television) Films: page 17