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The Music Lovers

on BBC Two England

The feature film starring Glenda Jackson
Richard Chamberlain
Tortured by his own homosexuality and a need to conform to a vague romantic order, the Russian composer Tchaikovsky enters into marriage with the materially and sexually demanding Nina Milukova - a relationship which condemns their destructive personalities to bitter emotional warfare. Directed by Ken Russell , the film provides Glenda Jackson with one of her most powerful roles.
Screenplay by MELVYN BRAGG , based on the book Beloved Friend by CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN and BARBARA VON MECK
Produced and directed by KEN RUSSELL Films: page 14

Contributors

Unknown:
Glenda Jackson
Unknown:
Richard Chamberlain
Unknown:
Nina Milukova
Directed By:
Ken Russell
Unknown:
Glenda Jackson
Unknown:
Melvyn Bragg
Unknown:
Catherine Drinker
Unknown:
Barbara von Meck
Directed By:
Ken Russell
Nina Milukova:
Glenda Jackson
Tchaikovsky:
Richard Chamberlain
Nicholas Rubenstein:
Max Adrian
Count Anton Chiluvsky:
Christopher Gable
Mme Von Meck:
Izabella Telezynska
Modeste Tchaikovsky:
Kenneth Colley
Sasha:
Sabina Maydelle
Nina's mother:
Maureen Pryor
Alexei:
Bruce Robinson
Davidov:
Andrew Faulds
Principal dancers for:
Swan Lake
Odile:
Georgina Parkinson
Prince Siegfried:
Alain Dubreuil
Von Rothbart:
Peter White

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