It's a black and white movie, maybe from the 50's or (early) 60's and possibly foreign. One of the actors' first name is Alain.
2 bachelors live together in a 2-3 story walk up. One is a real Casanova who brings women home all the time. The other is an introvert who is very interested in music. He plays records on an old record player and conducts wildly with a baton. "Casanova" calls the "conductor" Tschaik (short for Tschaikovsky).
Tschaik meets a plain girl who he takes to the symphony or opera and she doesn't really appreciate it, but she is grateful to have a young man pay attention to her. She is obviously a spinster (probably only in her 20's though).
Tschaik takes her back to his apartment where Casanova is. Even though Casanova doesn't really like her he woos her away from Tschaik. I believe he dumps her shortly after.
The movie ends with Tschaik sitting in a darkened room, listening once again to the aria from Madame Butterfly (I think the one where Pinkerton leaves her). He gets up and drags the phonograph needle across the record several time, placing the needle back on the record. The movie ends with him sitting in the dark crying with the record skipping over the M.Butterfly aria.
Very poignant and sad!
I saw this movie many times in the 60's and have fond memories of it. I am interested in music as well. Even though it was sad it was an interesting film about someone who wanted to share something he loved with another person but was oblivious to most other things going on around him at the time. I seem to remember that the Loverboy/Casanova character was a Peter Lawford (smoked cigarettes) type and the Music Lover/Tschaik had dark stringy hair, esp. when conducting and was a little like Jerry Lewis, but serious, although very happy when listening to music.
Edited by: DCSQueen on Oct 26, 2009 9:18 PM
Edited by: DCSQueen on Oct 26, 2009 9:20 PM
