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1 DVD (151 min.) : sound, black and white with color sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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all regions |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio 16:9 presentation; digitally remastered; Dolby stereo. |
| Cast |
Ben Kingsley (Dmitri Shostakovich), Terence Rigby (Stalin), Ronald Pickup (Tukhachevsky), John Shrapnel (Zhdanov), Sherry Baines (Nina Shostakovich), Magdalen Asquith ((Galya), Mark Asquith (Maxim), Liza Goddard (The English Humanist), Peter Woodthorpe (Alexander Glazunov), Robert Stephens (Vsevolod Meyerhold), William Squire (Khatchaturyan), Murray Melvin (The Film Editor), Robert Urquhart (The Journalist), Robert Reynolds (Brutus), Vernon Dobtcheff (Gargolovsky), Colin Hurst (Stalin's Secretary), Joyce Grundy (Stalin's Mother), Mark Thrippleton (young Stalin), Christopher Bramwell (Vanya), Brook Williams (H.G. Wells), Marita Phillips (Madam Lupinskaya) ; music performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rudolf Barshai, conductor; Golden Age Singers; Yuzuko Horigome, violin; Howard Shelley, piano; John Shirley-Quirk, vocal; Felicity Palmer, vocal; Chilingirian Quartet. |
| Credits |
Photographed by Nic Knowland ; consultant, Solomon Volkov. |
| Note |
"From the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich edited by Solomon Volkov." |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1988. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Based loosely on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work. |
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Includes extracts from: Symphonies 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14 ; Violin concerto no. 1 ; Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk ; Michelangelo sonnets ; Jazz suites 1 & 2 ; Piano concerto no. 2 ; String quartets nos. 8 & 10. |
| Awards |
Won 1988 San Paulo International Film Festival, Critics Award (Tony Palmer). |
| Subject |
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975 -- Drama.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. |
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Drama.
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Composers -- Soviet Union -- Drama.
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Composers. |
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Soviet Union. |
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 -- Drama.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. |
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Soviet Union -- History -- 1925-1953 -- Drama.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1925-1953 |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936 -- Drama.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1917-1936 |
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Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1936-1953 -- Drama.
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| Chronological Term |
1936-1953 |
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Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Documentary-style films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Rudkin, David, 1936- screenwriter.
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Palmer, Tony, 1941- director, producer, film editor, screenwriter.
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Kingsley, Ben, 1943- actor.
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Rigby, Terence, actor.
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Pickup, Ronald, actor.
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Shrapnel, John, actor.
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Baines, Sherry, actor.
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Asquith, Magdalen, actor.
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Asquith, Mark, actor.
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Goddard, Liza, 1950- actor.
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Woodthorpe, Peter, actor.
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Stephens, Robert, 1931-1995, actor.
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Squire, William, actor.
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Melvin, Murray, 1932- actor.
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Urquhart, Robert, 1921-1995, actor.
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Reynolds, Robert, actor.
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Dobtcheff, Vernon, 1934- actor.
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Hurst, Colin, actor.
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Grundy, Joyce, actor.
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Thrippleton, Mark, actor.
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Bramwell, Christopher, actor.
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Williams, Brook, actor.
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Phillips, Marita, actor.
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Barshai, Rudolf, conductor.
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Horigome, Yuzuko, 1957- instrumentalist.
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Shirley-Quirk, John, singer.
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Palmer, Felicity, singer.
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Shelley, Howard, instrumentalist.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Svidetelʹstvo. English.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Works. Selections. 2006.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Symphonies. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Ledi Makbet Mtsenskogo uezda. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Concertos, piano, orchestra, no. 2, op. 102. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Concertos, violin, orchestra, no. 1, op. 77, A minor. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Suites, jazz ensemble, no. 1. Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Suites, jazz ensemble, no. 2 (1938). Selections.
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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
Suites, bass, piano, op. 145. Selections.
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Chilingirian String Quartet, performer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
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Golden Age Singers, performer.
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Film Four International, producer.
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Isolde Films Ltd., producer.
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Mandemar Group, producer.
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Voiceprint (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
604388722501 |
| Music No. |
TP-DVD145 Voiceprint |
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