The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

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Testimony: The Story of Shostakovich (1988)

Classic/Drama · 2h 37m · 11/1/1988

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The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Status

Released

Language

English

Countries

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Isolde Films, ORF, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), DR, SVT
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Cast
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Ben Kingsley

Dmitri Shostakovich
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Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich
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Magdalen Asquith

Galya Shostakovich
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Mark Asquith

Maxim Shostakovich
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Terence Rigby

Joseph Stalin
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Ronald Pickup

Marshall Tukhachevsky
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John Shrapnel

Andre Zhdanov
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Robert Reynolds

Brutus
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Vernon Dobtcheff

Gargolovsky
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Brook Williams

H.G. Wells
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Peter Woodthorpe

Alexander Glazunov
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William Squire

Khatchaturyan
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Dorota Kwiatkowska

Anna Akhmatova
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Liza Goddard

English Humanist
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Robert Urquhart

Journalist
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Chris Barrie

Carnival Thin Man
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Frank Carson

Carnival Fat Man
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Ed Bishop

American Commentator
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Collin Hurst

Stalin's Secretary
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Joyce Grundy

Stalin's Mother
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Mark Thrippleton

Young Stalin
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Robert Stephens

Vsevolod Meyerhold
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Murray Melvin

The Film Editor
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Jane Cox

The Widow
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Julian Stanley

Andre Gide
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David Sharpe

Mandelstam
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Rowen Parr

Galya (aged 39)
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Bronco McLoughlin

Cossack
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Christopher Bramwell

Vanya
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Marita Philips

Madam Lupinskaya
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Mitzi Mueller

The Nun
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Tracey Spence

Tsvetayeva
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Andrew Brittain

Malko
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Curly Carter

Cross Eyed Man
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Rosemary Chamney

Concierge
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Chris D'Bray

Dorian Gray
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Val Elliott

French Schoolmarm
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Peter Faulkner

Mayakovsky
Crew
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Nicholas D. Knowland

Director
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Grahame Jennings

Director
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Michael Kustow

Director
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Tony Palmer

Director
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Michael Henry

Director
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Solomon Volkov

Director
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Maureen Murray

Director
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David Rudkin

Director
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Zeljko Marasovich

Director
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John Lundsten

Director
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