---
title: 'Tchaikovsky (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Igor Talankin'
released: '1970-07-14'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Soviet Union'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tchaikovsky-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065127/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tchaikovsky (1970)

1970 · 157 min · Drama, History · Soviet Union

Original title: Чайковский

## Synopsis

Tchaikovsky is a 1970 Soviet biopic film directed by Igor Talankin. It featured Innokenty Smoktunovsky in the role of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film as well as the Academy Award for Original Song Score and Adaptation.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Igor Talankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-talankin)
- **Screenplay:** [Igor Talankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/igor-talankin), [Yuri Nagibin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-nagibin), [Budimir Metalnikov](https://cinepixo.com/people/budimir-metalnikov)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Margarita Pilikhina](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarita-pilikhina)

## Cast

- [Maya Plisetskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/maya-plisetskaya) as Désirée Artôt
- [Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeniy-yevstigneyev) as Herman Laroche
- [Antonina Shuranova](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonina-shuranova) as Nadezhda von Meck
- [Vladislav Strzhelchik](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladislav-strzhelchik) as Nikolai Rubinstein
- [Laurence Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-harvey)
- [Yevgeny Leonov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-leonov) as Alexey Sofronov
- [Bruno Freindlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-freindlich) as Ivan Turgenev
- [Innokenty Smoktunovsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/innokenty-smoktunovsky) as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- [Kirill Lavrov](https://cinepixo.com/people/kirill-lavrov) as Władysław Pachulski
- [Alla Demidova](https://cinepixo.com/people/alla-demidova)

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