4.8Released

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

Name: The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
Director: Larry Weinstein
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1997-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: Dmitri Shostakovich, Valery Gergiev

19971h 17mDocumentary

Overview

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.