Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 1st, 1997
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Rhombus Media
Cast & Crew
G
Gemma van Zeventer
Writer
L
Larry Weinstein
Director
D
David New
Editor
V
Ville Penttilä
Grip
V
Ville Penttilä
Gaffer
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Audience Score
Plot
1997 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.
