Search - Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony on DVD

Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 09/15/2009 Format: DVD - Black and White,Color,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 31 mins Studio: Tony Palmer Films Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Drama, Musical Drama, Biopic [feature]

Ben Kingsley stars as celebrated Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in this lengthy historical biography. Along with Prokofiev, Shostakovich is considered among the elite of the 20th-century composers to emerge from his country. Striving to be true to his art form, the composer was caught in the political crossfire of the Stalin regime and was criticized for being politically ambiguous. Under constant pressure, Shostakovich silenced many of his critics when he remained in Leningrad during the Nazi siege to complete his stirring 7th symphony. Terrence Rigby plays Stalin, with Ronald Pickup as the ill-fated Soviet official Tukhachevsky, another of Stalin's many victims. Shostakovich lived until 1975. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Ben Kingsley - Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines - Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith - Galya
Mark Asquith - Maxim Shostakovich
Terence Rigby - Stalin