Full frontal nudity, notably in a scene where a woman lies on the floor of a train and rocks with the train movement.

A few instanced of brief female breast nudity. Plenty of shirtless men.

A man is shot between the eyes in a duel.

Some domestic violence and psychosis.

A surreal fantasy sequence depicts a celebratory performance of the 1812 Overture, during which cannons fire on onlookers. Although brief, stylish and covered by smoke, several graphic shots show people's heads being blown off, leaving bloody neck stumps.

Peter dies of cholera with warts covering his face.

Drinking and smoking with occasional inebriation.

Some emotional intensity: a flashback shows Tchaikovsky's mother dying during a hot bath cure prescribed by her physicians into which she's screaming. Other scenes depict characters invoking psychotic behavior.