The Composer Glinka

Kompozitor Glinka (Russian: Композитор Глинка; English literal translation, Composer Glinka; American release title Man of Music) is a 1952 Soviet biographical film directed by Grigori Aleksandrov.

The Composer Glinka
(Kompozitor Glinka)
Directed byGrigori Aleksandrov
StarringBoris Smirnov
Lev Durasov
Lyubov Orlova
Yuri Lyubimov
Georgy Vitsin
Music byVladimir Shcherbachov
Vissarion Shebalin
CinematographyEduard Tisse
Production
company
Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Plot

The beginning composer Mikhail Glinka performs his new work at a soiree at earl Vielgorsky's house. However, the public is accustomed to Western music, and reacts coldly to the creation of the composer. This makes him very sad, but soon he decides to go learn the art of music in Italy.

After returning from Italy, he is full of desire to write national Russian opera. Vasily Zhukovsky proposes a subject: a feat of Ivan Susanin. Tsar Nicholas I changes the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - baron Georg von Rosen. Acquaintance with the future co-author shocked Glinka: Rosen speaks Russian with a noticeable German accent. The premiere was successful, but Glinka was still not entirely happy with the libretto: "fail words were written by Rosen".

When Nicholas I learned that Ruslan and Lyudmila was written on Pushkin's subject, he sees it as sedition. The bitter experience of the composer brighten his supporters.

Cast

Awards

1953 Locarno International Film Festival[1]

References
  1. "Winners of the Golden Leopard". Locarno International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2009-07-19. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
External video
The Composer Glinka, released by the official Mosfilm YouTube channel


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