Petr Weigl's beautiful film evokes superbly this most atmospheric of operas, whils Sir Georg Solti captures both the passion and subtlety of Tchaikovsky's magnificent score. The golden-voiced Teresa Kubiak sings the innocent Tatyana, Stuart Burrows is the ill-fated Lensky, and Bernd Weikl is Eugene Onegin, whose arrival is destined to change everybody's lives.