The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair.

1940 Swedish film directed by Alf Sjöberg

1936 film by John Lindlöf

The family happiness of the Ekdahls is driven towards a tragic disintegration.

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.