Music Lovers, The

Date: 1970
Director: Ken Russell
Production Company: Russ-Arts

Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Glenda Jackson, Kenneth Colley, Christopher Gable, Max Adrian, Isabella Telezynska, Maureen Pryor, Andrew Faulds
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, London

Region(s): ,

Storyline:

Piano teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles with his homosexuality and marries a nymphomaniac whom he cannot satisfy.

Additional Information:

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Antonina 'Nina' Miliukova (Glenda Jackson) tries to catch the eye of a Young Lieutenant as she watches a parade. Part of the Moscow set built for the film at Bray Studios.

The bridge over the River Wye in West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire also seen in 'Another Country'.

The best angle now possible due to the encroachment of undergrowth.

To the left stands King William Court as seen from the colonnade of Queen Mary Court in the Old Royal Naval College at Greenwich. Many aspects of the College are seen in other films including in ‘The Thirty Nine Steps’ from 1978, ‘The Wings of the Dove’, ‘Four in the Morning’, ‘Octopussy’, ‘Murder by Decree’, ‘The Madness of King George’, ‘Darkest Hour’ and 'Sense and Sensibility'.

Now. SJ

The camera moves to find Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Richard Chamberlain) taking tea with Antonina. Queen Mary Court now forms part of the Greenwich Campus of the University of Greenwich.

Now, and no signs of a tea venue. SJ

Guests visit a camera obscura. The Temple of the Winds in West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire.

Looking up at the Temple.

The camera tilts down the same building that was seen in 'The Black Cat', 'The Hippopotamus' and 'Give My Regards to Broad Street'.

It's now obvious that the stairs were added for the scene.

The Colonnade at the Queen’s House, Greenwich, London SE10. The building was seen in 'No Love for Johnnie', 'Sunday Bloody Sunday' and 'The Lost Language of Cranes'.

Also seen in "Sense and Sensiblity," Photographuing Fairies," and "Four in the Morning." SJ

Facing the opposite way in the Colonnade at the Queen’s House in Greenwich. The colonnade also features in 'No Love for Johnnie', 'Sunday Bloody Sunday', 'The Lost Language of Cranes' and 'Pool of London'.

Looking west but it's a tricky one. SJ

Tchaikovsky jumps into a murky canal. The Grand Union Canal between Camden Lock and Regent’s Park as it flows beneath the railway line from Euston near Gloucester Avenue in London NW1.

Now with a sign and railings to avoid future dangerous pursuits. The far bridge, where Chamberlain is standing, props up Gloucester Avenue. SJ

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A carriage approaches bringing Tchaikovsky and his brother. Newton Park (aka Newtown Park), Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire discovered by Steve Randall. (SR)

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A closer view of Newton Park, an 18th century grade II listed house near Lymington, whose grounds hosted an RAF base in WWII. (SR)

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The camera tilts down to where servants approach as the composer and Modeste Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Kenneth Colley) arrive. Newton Park, Lymington. (SR)

Manuscripts are delivered to Madame von Meck. West Wycombe House in Buckinghamshire.

From ground level in daylight.

The South Colonnade of West Wycombe House, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

From a similar position.

The Temple of Music in the grounds of West Wycombe House, West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

The building was seen in 'Another Country' and 'To The Devil a Daughter'.

Count Anton Chiluvsky (Christopher Gable) watches as Tchaikovsky, his friend and lover, storms away. The West Portico of West Wycombe House, West Wycombe.

The main entrance to the house.

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The asylum, in which Nina is ultimately confined, is the disused Royal Artillery Barracks, Artillery Place, Woolwich, London SE18.

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Antonina's Mother (Maureen Pryor) visits the asylum. The Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.