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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Directed by Larry Weinstein
Documentary · 1h 17m
A documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.
Cast
Dmitri Shostakovich
Valery Gergiev
Crew
- Director
- Larry Weinstein
- Writer
- Gemma van Zeventer
- Editor
- David New
Details
- Release date
- 1997-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Russian, English
- Countries
- Germany, Canada
- Production
- Rhombus Media