01 November 1988 Drama, History 157 mins
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
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Ben Kingsley as Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines as Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith as Galya Shostakovich
Mark Asquith as Maxim Shostakovich
Terence Rigby as Joseph Stalin
Ronald Pickup as Marshall Tukhachevsky
John Shrapnel as Andre Zhdanov
Robert Reynolds as Brutus
Vernon Dobtcheff as Gargolovsky
Brook Williams as H.G. Wells
Peter Woodthorpe as Alexander Glazunov
William Squire as Khatchaturyan
Dorota Kwiatkowska as Anna Akhmatova
Liza Goddard as English Humanist
Murray Melvin as Film Editor
Robert Urquhart as Journalist
Nicholas D. Knowland Director of Photography
Tony Palmer Director
Tony Palmer Writer
David Rudkin Writer
Solomon Volkov Book
Zeljko Marasovich Music
Tony Palmer Editor
Tony Palmer Production Design
Michael Henry Producer
Grahame Jennings Producer
Tony Palmer Producer
Michael Kustow Producer
Maureen Murray Associate Producer
Zeljko Marasovich Original Music Composer
John Lundsten Sound Recordist
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