Overview
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Fun facts
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Music
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Nic Knowland
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Tony PalmerWriter
- Solomon VolkovBook
- David RudkinWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 1, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Production
Cast
Ben KingsleyDmitri Shostakovich- Sherry BainesNina Shostakovich
- Magdalen AsquithGalya Shostakovich
- Mark AsquithMaxim Shostakovich
Terence RigbyJoseph Stalin
Ronald PickupMarshall Tukhachevsky
John ShrapnelAndre Zhdanov- Robert ReynoldsBrutus
Vernon DobtcheffGargolovsky
Brook WilliamsH.G. Wells- Peter WoodthorpeAlexander Glazunov
William SquireKhatchaturyan
Dorota KwiatkowskaAnna Akhmatova
Liza GoddardEnglish Humanist
Murray MelvinFilm Editor
Robert UrquhartJournalist
Chris BarrieCarnival Thin Man
Frank CarsonCarnival Fat Man
Ed BishopAmerican Commentator- Collin HurstStalin's Secretary
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