Dmitri Shostakovich Movie Trailers
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After the Reconciliation Trailer (2000)
27 December 2000
An elderly couple and a younger man and woman follow up failed seduction attempts with conversation about love and the meaning of life.
Fantasia 2000 Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Trailer (2009)
27 October 2009
At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime just like the Shakespearian Lady Macbeth.
Orango Trailer (2014)
20 August 2014
"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Academy.
Like Dew in the Sun Trailer (2016)
01 September 2016
A century ago, the grandparents of film director Peter Entell had to flee Ukraine, a land torn apart by war and massacres.
Simone Weil Avenue Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
The above narrative, by Simone Weil, the French philosopher and mystic, was written into her last notebook.
Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova Trailer (2016)
12 November 2016
Opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexand3
The D Train Trailer (2011)
11 March 2011
An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by.
Hypothetically Murdered Trailer (2015)
21 May 2015
In 1931 Shostakovich wrote a full-length score for the Leningrad Music Hall, for a show that involved many of the leading entertainers of the day, as well as dancing girls, a jazz band, a dancing dog, sequences of silent film, simulated air-raids and gas attacks, a lorry, a storm, waiters and waitresses in a luxury restaurant, river nymphs and even a scene in Heaven with the Devil, the Twelve Apostles, the Archangel Gabriel and all the other angels doing a blasphemous knees-up.
Ariel Trailer (1988)
21 October 1988
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Love and Hate Trailer (1935)
03 March 1935
A group of Ukrainian women are forced to work in the mine under the supervision of cruel enemy soldiers.
Cherry Town Trailer (1963)
01 April 1963
Lida Baburova, a tour guide of an architectural museum, unexpectedly receives a warrant for a two-room apartment in the new district of Zarechye, among the new settlers called "our Cheryomushki".
Dirty Hands Trailer (2015)
27 June 2015
A political drama set in the fictional country of Illyria between 1943 and 1945, the story is about the assassination of a leading politician.
Leningrad Symphony Trailer (1957)
26 September 1957
During the brutal siege of Leningrad in the Second World War, musicians are able to stage a public performance of the Seventh Symphony by Dmitry Shostakovich.
Danse macabre Trailer (2026)
22 June 2026
An apocalyptic nightmare about war and destruction, set to the Allegro from Shostakovich' 10th symphony.
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Trailer (1993)
15 January 1993
The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west.
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) Trailer (1928)
11 May 1928
Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet Montage' style, it re-enacts in celebratory terms several key scenes from the revolution.
The Magic Beam Trailer (1963)
01 November 1963
“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of non-fiction and fiction Soviet films of the 1910s-1960s.
The Horse, the Violin and a Little Bit Nervous Trailer (1991)
01 January 1991
Irina Evteeva’s debut quickly became a kind of manifesto for the one-room experimental studio: it defines classification by interweaving animation, appropriated footage, feature and documentary to form a unique whole, a film that rushes backwards into the future, thereby re-inventing Futurism.
Oh, Woe Is Me Trailer (1993)
08 September 1993
This complex allegorical tale tells the story of man’s quest for spiritual meaning. When God enters the body of 1980s filmmaker Simon Donnadieu, his wife Rachel realizes that something has gone awry, but chooses to remain faithful to her erratically-behaving husband.
The Beast with a Million Eyes Trailer (1955)
15 June 1955
At a decrepit farm outside a remote American desert community, something takes over the minds of some of the local humans and animals and is able to see through their eyes and control their actions.
You Should Survive Trailer (1981)
01 May 1981
1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls.
Hamlet Trailer (1964)
24 June 1964
Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece about the "Melancholy Dane" was given one of its best screen treatments by Soviet director Grigori Kozintsev.
The Unforgettable Year 1919 Trailer (1951)
06 June 1951
A dramatization of the 1919 defense of Petrograd, focusing on Bolshevik leadership and the defeat of White Army forces during the Russian Civil War.
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist.
Michurin Trailer (1949)
01 January 1949
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science.
We're All Still Here Trailer (1997)
19 March 1997
Two housewives discuss philosophical themes (actually an updated dialogue between Plato and Socrates) while doing the house work.
Five Days, Five Nights Trailer (1961)
27 February 1961
While Dresden is in ruins in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, over two thousand paintings by artists including Rembrandt, Raphael, Rubens, Giorgione, and Vermeer have disappeared from the city’s Old Masters Picture Gallery.
The Nose or Conspiracy of Mavericks Trailer (2021)
11 March 2021
An exploration of 20th century Russia, following the fusing of the Party and the state after the Russian Civil War, which opened the doors to corruption, resulting in the exiling of the left and right opposition.
The Young Guard Trailer (1948)
11 October 1948
In 1942, local teenagers are organizing the underground resistance in the city of Krasnodon during the Nazi occupation of Russia.
Planet Parade Trailer (1984)
15 December 1984
A rare astronomical phenomenon — the parade of planets — has a strange effect on several men. The heroes of the film — an astrophysicist, locksmith, salesman, architect, loader, trolley bus driver — are called up for military training, which ends ahead of time.
On Thursday and Never Again Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
On the eve of his wedding, a young doctor leaves Moscow to see his mother who lives in a nature reserve.
Chostakovitch: Lady Macbeth de Mzensk Trailer (2016)
23 January 2016
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is a powerful work of raw emotional intensity. With themes of adultery and murder, the story follows the downfall of a bored provincial merchant’s wife who seeks solace and excitement in an extra-marital affair.
The Return of Maxim Trailer (1937)
01 April 1937
The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of the working-class in the Duma.
Ninth January Trailer (1985)
09 January 1985
About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.
The Metropolitan Opera: The Nose Trailer (2013)
26 October 2013
Acclaimed artist William Kentridge directed and designed this visually dazzling Met premiere production of Shostakovich’s satirical opera, adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol.
The New Babylon Trailer (1929)
18 March 1929
In the short-lived Commune of Paris, a conscripted soldier falls in love with a Communard saleswoman.
Golden Mountains Trailer (1931)
06 September 1931
Pyotr, backward lad from poor village, comes to town desperate for work. He's hired as replacement ("scab") worker at big metallurgical factory, which is in the throes of a strike organized by the Bolsheviks (communists).
Sofiya Perovskaya Trailer (1968)
16 March 1968
A biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.
Rostropovich: L'archet Indomptable Trailer (2019)
08 September 2019
The Indomitable Bow is a unique portrait of Mstislav Rostropovich, a formidable personality as well as a complex, deeply political musician constantly engaged in a whirlwind of activities.
Farewell, America! Trailer (1951)
01 January 1951
An unfinished film by Oleksandr Dovzhenko, the film is a political lampoon based on the book entitled The Truth about US Diplomats, written in 1949 by the American writer Annabel Bukar.
The Vyborg Side Trailer (1939)
01 April 1939
The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in charge of the national bank.
The Gadfly Trailer (1955)
12 April 1955
Italy, XIX century. The country is occupied by Austrian troops, the resistance movement is actively developing.
The First Echelon Trailer (1955)
31 December 1955
In one of the steppe regions of Kazakhstan arrives on Komsomol youth squad. Severe frosts, spring mud flows, exhausting work than their specialty - the development of virgin land does not come easy.
The Defense of Volotchayevsk Trailer (1938)
20 January 1938
Japanese forces land in the port of Vladivostok during Russian civil war, supporting anti-communist forces, while local population joins Far Eastern Republic and partisans in the struggle against the intervention and White army.
Counterplan Trailer (1932)
07 November 1932
The story of an effort to catch "wreckers" at work in a Soviet factory. The film’s title-song called "The Song of the Counterplan", composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, became world famous and was adapted into "Au-devant de la vie", a notable song of the French socialist movement of the 1930s.
Spring of the Twenty-Ninth Trailer (1976)
17 April 1976
Follows the builders of the first five-year plan. The hero of the film is the director of construction of the tractor plant Grigory Guy, a man of inexhaustible energy, selflessly devoted to the cause, who managed to rally the team for early completion of construction.
Alone Trailer (1931)
09 October 1931
A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.
Zoya Trailer (1944)
23 November 1944
The true story of one of Russia's most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter.
Simple People Trailer (1945)
31 December 1945
A 1945 Soviet war film which, along with the second part of Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible was harshly criticized by Andrei Zhdanov and banned.
Enthusiasm: Symphony of Donbas Trailer (1930)
06 November 1930
An audiovisual symphony that delves into the industrial, agrarian, and cultural fabric of the Donbas region during the inaugural Soviet Five Year Plan.
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk Trailer (2019)
16 April 2019
Of Shostakovich’s initial undertaking – a trilogy on the tragic destinies of Russian women through the ages – only one opera was ever written: the hard-hitting Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Pirogov Trailer (1947)
16 December 1947
A biopic based on the life of Russian scientist and doctor Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881), famous for being the founder of field surgery.
... But You Can't Hide Trailer (2021)
20 August 2021
A young burglar gets more that he bargained for when a robs a house...
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5 Trailer (2015)
12 March 2015
The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas celebrated his 70th birthday in 2015 with a concert focusing on British and Russian music, but with a nod to his native USA.
Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age Trailer (2016)
16 October 2016
In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita.
Belinsky Trailer (1953)
04 June 1953
A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it was not released until 1953, following the reshooting of various scenes demanded by Stalin.