Alfred Molina's hands on the keys, sanity slipping through his fingers.
In 1962, the young pianist, John Ogdon wins international success in Moscow and embarks on a whirlwind career. Ten years later he suffers the onset of mental illness that threatens to destroy his playing, marriage and sanity.
Acting
Molina's transformation from arrogance to fractured vulnerability.
Direction
Smith's clinical restraint lets the horror breathe.
Production
Period Moscow recreated on BBC budget—somehow works.
Director
Tony Smith
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