Tchaikovsky (Russian: Чайковский) is a 1970 Soviet biopic film directed by Igor Talankin.

[1] When Tchaikovsky is composing his First Piano Concerto, his friend Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein refuses to play it at the premiere, considering it unplayable.

After the disappointment of Swan Lake, Nadezhda Filaretowna von Meck, a wealthy widow, sends him financial support.

Later, Tchaikovsky embarks on his opera Eugene Onegin, receiving a love letter from student Antonina Ivanovna.

He then dedicates his Fourth Symphony to von Meck, who hopes Tchaikovsky's marriage will bring him peace.