Testimony

Nov 1, 1988

2h 37m

★ 4.5

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Isolde Films

ORF

Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)

SVT

Film4 Productions

Testimony Trailers

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Cast

Dmitri Shostakovich

Ben Kingsley

Nina Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

Galya Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Maxim Shostakovich

Mark Asquith

Joseph Stalin

Terence Rigby

Marshall Tukhachevsky

Ronald Pickup

Andre Zhdanov

John Shrapnel

Brutus

Robert Reynolds

Gargolovsky

Vernon Dobtcheff

H.G. Wells

Brook Williams

Alexander Glazunov

Peter Woodthorpe

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