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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

1997 · 77 min · Canada · English

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997) is a solid-tier movie on goodrecmovies, rated 7.6/10 on IMDb from 138 votes. Updated

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★ 7.6IMDb · 138

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.

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

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Top cast

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