This article lists appearances of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in popular media (e.g. films, drama music or otherwise).
Biographical
- Es war eine rauschende Ballnacht (It Was a Gay Ballnight) (1939, Germany)
- Directed by Carl Froelich
- Screenplay by Géza von Cziffra, based on a story by Georg Wittuhn and Jean Victor, and dialogue by Frank Thieß, adapted from Cziffra's novel
- Tchaikovsky was played by Hans Stüwe
- Heavenly Music (1943, US)
- Directed by Josef Berne
- Screenplay by Edward James, Paul Gerard Smith and Michael L. Simmons, based on a story by Reginald Le Borg
- Tchaikovsky was played by Lionel Royce
- Won an Oscar in 1944 for Best Short Subject – Two Reel. [1]
- Carnegie Hall (1947, US)
- Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
- Written by Karl Kamb and Seena Owen
- Tchaikovsky was played by Alfonso D'Artega
- Song of My Heart (1948, US)
- Directed and written by Benjamin Glazer
- Tchaikovsky was played by Swedish actor Frank Sundström
- Tchaikovsky (1969, Russia)
- Directed and written by Yuri Nagibin
- Tchaikovsky was played by Innokenty Smoktunovsky
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- The Music Lovers (1970, UK)
- Directed by Ken Russell
- Screenplay by Melvyn Bragg, based on Beloved Friend, a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck
- Tchaikovsky was played by Richard Chamberlain
- Tchaikovsky's Wife (2022, Russia)
- Directed and written by Kirill Serebrennikov
- Tchaikovsky was played by Odin Biron
Films featuring Tchaikovsky's Music
- Fantasia (1940, United States)
- Directed by Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, et al.
- Story by Joe Grant, Dick Huemer
- Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite
- None but the Lonely Heart (1944, US)
- Directed and written by Clifford Odets, based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn
- Film title taken from Tchaikovsky piece of the same name.
- Sleeping Beauty (1959, United States)
- Directed by Eric Larson, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, et al.
- Screenplay by Erdman Penner
- Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty
- Barbie in the Nutcracker (2001, United States)
- Directed by Owen Hurley.
- Screenplay by Linda Engelsiepen, Hilary Hinkle, & Rob Hudnut.
- Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Op. 71
- Together (2002, China)
- Directed by Chen Kaige
- Screenplay by Xue Xiaolu and Chen Kaige
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 - Finale: Allegro vivacissimo
- V for Vendetta (2006, Canada)
- Directed by James McTeigue
- Screenplay by Lilly Wachowski
- Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
- Le Concert (2009, France)
- Directed by Radu Mihaileanu
- Screenplay by Radu Mihaileanu
- Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op.35 - I. Allegro moderato