Man of Music - 1952

The young 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 change the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - Baron 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: "False 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.

105min
1952
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.2/10

Cast

Boris Smirnov profile pictureBoris SmirnovMikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Lev Durasov profile pictureLev DurasovAlexander Pushkin
Lyubov Orlova profile pictureLyubov OrlovaLudmilla Ivanovna Glinka
Yuri Lyubimov profile pictureYuri LyubimovAlexander Dargomishky
Sergei Kurilov profile pictureSergei KurilovKarl Brullov
Mikhail Nazvanov profile pictureMikhail NazvanovCzar Nikolai I
Berta Vinogradova profile pictureBerta VinogradovaGiuditta Pasta
Georgiy Vitsin profile pictureGeorgiy VitsinNikolai V. Gogol
Faina Shevchenko profile pictureFaina ShevchenkoMme. Ivanovich

About Man of Music

Man of Music Overview

The young 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 change the name of the opera to A Life for the Tsar and assigns a librettist - Baron 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: "False 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.

Runtime: 105min

Extra details

Original Title: Композитор Глинка
Original Language: Russian
Directed By: Grigori Aleksandrov
Production Companies
GOSKINO (Production Unit: Kinostudiya "Mosfilm")