We went to the movies and watched on the big screen by a big family.
In general, to screen and create something of their own, to translate the poetic syllable to a more readable one from Onegin in principle is a difficult task, even Tchaikovsky Petr Ilyich did not achieve much success in creating a lyrical opera in three acts on the not very clear libretto of Konstantin Shilovsky on the novel in verse. Although in 1965, choreographer John Cranko took Tchaikovsky's music for ballet and had success with this production.
What is a plus in the production of Andreasyan: the partially restored mansion of Baron Stieglitz on the English Embankment in St. Petersburg and the reconstruction of the stable with a forge in the Yelaginsky Palace. Plus, nature is perfectly filmed, scrupulous to detail. In spite of his age, he played well. Boredom, coldness and arrogance conveyed perfectly. The same colors of the game that I saw in the Vakhtangov Theater.
Another find for the film is Olga Larina performed by Tatiana Sabinova. That Olympic calm at the death of Lensky played perfectly.
Disadvantages: no and goofy Lisa Sailor in the role of Tatiana Larina (with a huge neckline) and why is there Vdovichenkov?, like a clown, stupidly reading unnecessary text.
Introduced Skotinina, for what – to reflect the saturation of the second plan actors – for a more diverse color? Not a necessary detail.
There are a lot of mistakes in the French version of the text. It seems that the screenwriter Alexei Gravitsky does not know the material in principle.
In general, in order for the children and you, yourself, to want to read again with a fresh, thoughtful head, a novel ... you need to go.
For one-time viewing - the movie pulls the bar of viewing. Expensive, beautiful, but empty. And in some places, full. Due to the second layer of the picture, where Nemolyaeva and Khmelnitskaya play magnificently.