Directed by Ken Russell. Based on "Beloved Friend", a collection of personal correspondence edited by Catherine Drinker Bowen and Barbara von Meck, the film focuses on the life and career of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Subtítulos en español (La Pasión de Vivir/La Otra Cara del Amor).

Cast:
Richard Chamberlain as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Glenda Jackson as Antonina Miliukova
Max Adrian as Nikolai Rubinstein
Christopher Gable as Count Anton Chiluvsky
Kenneth Colley as Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Izabella Telezynska as Nadezhda von Meck
Maureen Pryor as Nina's Mother
Sabina Maydelle as Sasha Tchaikovsky
Andrew Faulds as Davidov
Bruce Robinson as Alexei Sofronov
Ben Aris as Young Lieutenant
Graham Armitage as Prince Balukin
Georgina Parkinson as Odile (in Swan Lake ballet)
Harry Fielder as Gentleman (uncredited)
Peter White as Von Rothbart (in Swan Lake ballet, uncredited)