
1988 · Tony Palmer · 157 min
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Ben KingsleyDmitri ShostakovichSherry BainesNina ShostakovichMagdalen AsquithGalya ShostakovichMark AsquithMaxim Shostakovich
Terence RigbyJoseph Stalin
Ronald PickupMarshall Tukhachevsky
John ShrapnelAndre ZhdanovRobert ReynoldsBrutus
Vernon DobtcheffGargolovsky
Brook WilliamsH.G. WellsPeter WoodthorpeAlexander Glazunov
William SquireKhatchaturyan
Dorota KwiatkowskaAnna Akhmatova
Liza GoddardEnglish Humanist
Murray MelvinFilm Editor