The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

🎞️ Movie 77 min CA
โ˜… 7.6 /10 1997

During the Interwar period and World War Two, Joseph Stalin dictated the Soviet Union in a bloody manner. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich couldn't agree at all with the policies that the tyrant used, but speaking out loud was impossible. It would have cost him his life. Shostakovich found another way: art. This documentary shows how Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.

Cast

Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Self
Self - Conductor \Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9\ and \Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District\
Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Self
Interviewee
Valery Gergiev
Valery Gergiev
Self
Pianist \Rayok\
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Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Self
Themselves - Orchestra \Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9\
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Graham Haley
Shostakovich
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Dmitri Tolstoy
Self
Self - Composer
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Bulat Minzhilkiev
Boris - Opera \Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District\
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Bulat Minzhilkiev
Self - Baritone \Rayok\
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Irina Loskutova
Katerina - Opera \Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District\
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Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Self
Themselves - Orchestra (Opera \Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District\)
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Horst Zeidler
Cinematographer