Onegin (Original title)Eugene Onegin (Working title)
Dates: 1998 (Copyright), 19 November 1999 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Martha Fiennes
Synopsis: Adaptation of the novel `Eugene Onegin' by Alexander Pushkin. Set in early 19th century Russia, tells the story of a bored St Petersburg socialite who inherits his uncle's estate and decamps to the country. There he meets a neighbouring landowner and poet, and through him a widowed mother and her two daughters. The poet is engaged to the elder daughter. Her sister writes Onegin a passionate love letter but is cruelly spurned by him. His flirtatious behaviour towards the poet's fiancée leads to a duel and the death of the poet. Onegin disappears. On his return, six years later, he encounters the woman he spurned who is married to a prince. Onegin begs her forgiveness for his past behaviour.Synopsis: Drama. The bored socialite Evgeny Onegin inherits a large estate from a late uncle in the 1820's. Visiting the area, he meets Tatyana, by whom he is intrigued. She in turn writes him a love letter, which he dismisses. Onegin is then accused by his friend Lensky of an attraction to Lensky's beloved, Olga. A duel is reluctantly arranged, and Onegin shoots Lensky, and disappears from the social scene. Six years pass, and Onegin returns to the social scene, where he once again encounters Tatyana, begging her to forgive his behaviour of years gone by.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1999not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 106 mins Dialogue (original): English
Dates: 1998 (Copyright), 19 November 1999 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Martha Fiennes
Synopsis: Adaptation of the novel `Eugene Onegin' by Alexander Pushkin. Set in early 19th century Russia, tells the story of a bored St Petersburg socialite who inherits his uncle's estate and decamps to the country. There he meets a neighbouring landowner and poet, and through him a widowed mother and her two daughters. The poet is engaged to the elder daughter. Her sister writes Onegin a passionate love letter but is cruelly spurned by him. His flirtatious behaviour towards the poet's fiancée leads to a duel and the death of the poet. Onegin disappears. On his return, six years later, he encounters the woman he spurned who is married to a prince. Onegin begs her forgiveness for his past behaviour.Synopsis: Drama. The bored socialite Evgeny Onegin inherits a large estate from a late uncle in the 1820's. Visiting the area, he meets Tatyana, by whom he is intrigued. She in turn writes him a love letter, which he dismisses. Onegin is then accused by his friend Lensky of an attraction to Lensky's beloved, Olga. A duel is reluctantly arranged, and Onegin shoots Lensky, and disappears from the social scene. Six years pass, and Onegin returns to the social scene, where he once again encounters Tatyana, begging her to forgive his behaviour of years gone by.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1999not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 106 mins Dialogue (original): English