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Love Song: The Triumph and Tragedy of Tchaikovsky

Country: UK, Language: English, 30 mins

  • Director: Ian Woodward
  • Writer: Ian Woodward
  • Producer: Ian Woodward

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Love Song is based on life-long, ground-breaking research by Tchaikovsky aficionado and filmmaker Ian Woodward who reveals for the first time the heart-breaking true story behind the creation of Tchaikovsky's fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet which gave the world one of the most famous love themes ever written. The facts are presented in biopic form. All the characters depicted in the film actually existed, although some moments have been fictionalised to fill-in gaps where details are scant or non-existent.


Watch...

Love Song - The Film from Ian Woodward on Vimeo.

Cast & Characters

Simon Alexander as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky;
Lee Farrell as Eduard Zak;
Aimee Craft as Antonina Milyukova;
Vicky Album as Desiree Artot;
Joe Shefer as The Priest;
Annika Alofti as Vera Zakova;
Alex Mott as Andrei Zak;
Veronique Sevegrand as Nadezhda von Meck;
Jennifer Oliver as Young Lover & Young Society Lady;
Vilius Tumalavicius as Young Lover;
Steve Carroll as Tsar Alexander III;
Jed Perez as Alexie Sofronov;
Marcus Payne as Anatoly Tchaikovsky;
Courtney Harrison as Josef Kotek;
Simon Willshire as Tchaikovsky's Drinking Companion