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Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, Onegin returns to St. Petersburg .. Read more

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey
Director Martha Fiennes
Genres Drama

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Onegin

Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, Onegin returns to St. Petersburg and is reintroduced to Tatyana. This time, he falls helplessly in love with her and discovers, crushingly, that she has already married and has no intention on reciprocating his emotions. Fienne's debut as a feature film director is aided greatly by Adefarasin's cinematography, brother Ralph's performance, and Tyler's mere appearance. Based on the classic verse novel EUGENE ONEGIN by Pushkin.

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens, Lena Headey, Alun Armstrong, Harriet Walter, Irene Worth, Jason Watkins, Francesca Annis, Martin Donovan, Simon McBurney
Director Martha Fiennes
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 05 Jun 2000
Production year: 1999
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Ralph Fiennes is directed by his sister Martha in this ponderous adaptation of Pushkin's classic. Fiennes is well cast as lothario Evgeny Onegin, a decadent, dissipated aristocrat who moves to his recently deceased uncle's estate in rural Russia. There he proceeds to devastate the lives of all around him, rejecting the advances of the luscious Liv Tyler and driving affectionate bumpkin Toby Stephens into a deadly duel. Years later, he encounters Tyler again and falls hopelessly in love — but this realisation comes too late. Though beautifully shot, Onegin desperately needs pace, and the endless shots of Ralph's face show more sisterly devotion than emotion.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    Sumptuous version of a classic tale of doomed love, but one that has an unwonted air of Anglo-Saxon repression about it; and Tyler is miscast.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 7 out of 7 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Strange & Intense

    If you're looking for an easy going movie then look again, this film is intense from the outset. As with most of Ralph Fiennes' films it is rather dark and brooding. The acting is all top form, however the plot isn't, it continually jumps from place to place and backward and forward in time. If you take your eyes from the screen for more than a minute you'll be lost!

    If you are not a staunch Ralph Fiennes fan then I wouldn't recommend it. However, if you are into dark, brooding, melodramas with great cinematography then this is the film for you.

      • A customer from East Lothian, Scotland
      • Posted 11 Jul 2004 22:45

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    So very slow.

    I hardly expect period drama to be fast paced, but Onegin must surely be one of the slowest paced movies I have ever experienced. A pity, because the scenery and acting were both superb. I quickly became bored with it and it was a struggle to reach the end.

      • Dave from Cannock
      • Posted 14 Nov 2005 13:56

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