skater Sasha Cohen skated to the waltz in her short program at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The music was used at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. The Waltz was declared by UNESCO one of the four most beautiful musical masterpieces of the 20th century. Victoria Demici, a British-Romanian writer, is the author of the lyrics versions of the famous Waltz 'My Sweet and Tender Beast'. She wrote both the Romanian (2012) and the English (2022) lyrics for Doga's masterpiece. Paula Seling and Catalina Caraus are singing the poetry versions of the Waltz. Canadian ice-skater, Madeline Schizas, performed to the lyrics version of the Waltz during the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing and made it to the third place. American ice-skater, Isabeau Levito, skated to the poetry version written by Eugen Doga and Victoria Demici during the 2023 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The 15-year-old ice-skater won the Gold Medal accompanied by the so-called Waltz of the Champions. Cast Galina Belyayeva as Olga (as Galya Belyayeva) Oleg Yankovsky as Kamyshev Kirill Lavrov as Count Karneyev Leonid Markov as Urbenin Svetlana Toma as Gypsy Tina Grigore Grigoriu (as Grigori Grigoriu) as Polychrony Arkadyevich Kalidis Vasili Simchich Olegar Fedoro as Publisher (as Oleg Fedorov) Vadim Vilsky as Doctor Anna Petrova (as Anya Petrova) Vladimir Matveyev (as Volodya Matveyev) Valeri Sokoloverov See also Summer Storm (1944) References External links 1978 films 1978 romantic drama films Soviet romantic drama films Russian romantic drama films 1970s Russian-language films Films directed by Emil Loteanu Films based on works by Anton Chekhov Films based on Russian novels Mosfilm films