Film
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
1997Directed by Larry Weinstein
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
About The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Larry Weinstein
- Writer
- Gemma van Zeventer
