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Subgenre Sampler
Death in Venice (1971)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Dirk Bogarde - Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…
Music Lovers, The (1971)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson - A wonderfully audacious film fantasia based on the life of Russian composer Tchaikovsky, the homosexual who married a nymphomaniac! Richard…
Bolshoi Ballet - Carmen (Poem of Dance) (1969)- Another classic from the famous Russian ballet troupe, here choreographed by Alberto Alonso. Featuring Maya Plisetskaya. Narrated in English.
- Tchaikovsky (1969)
- Dir. Igor Talankin
- Dramatised biopic of the great Russian composer which uses natural imagery and impressionistic structure in a way reminiscent of Ken Russell's early…
Counterpoint (1967)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen - During World War II, a conductor (Charlton Heston) and his orchestra are captured by the Nazis while touring Europe. While held captive in a castle,…
Romeo and Juliet (1966)- Dir. Paul Czinner
Feat. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolph Nureyev - The famed Royal Ballet production of Romeo and Juliet. This historical performance stars Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev as the quintessential…
Elgar (1962)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Peter Brett, Rowena Gregory, George McGrath - Restrained and brilliant TV docudrama on England’s greatest 20th century composer, Edward Elgar, that made the director’s name and…
Magnificent Rebel, The (1961)- Dir. Georg Tressler
Feat. Karlheinz Bohm, Ivan Desny - Unambitious but competent biopic of Ludwig van Beethoven, with Bohm (himself a classical pianist) convincingly ruffled in the lead. Worth a look for…
Delius (1958)- Dir. Ken Russell
- Ken Russell's BBC film biography of the music and life of English composer Frederick Delius, who had to overcome blindness and paralysis to fulfil…
- Bolshoi Ballet - Romeo and Juliet (1955)
- The Bolshoi Ballet presents Sergei Prokofiev's interpretation of Shakespeare's play. Features the daning talents of Galina Ulanova. Narrated in…
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