Testimony (1987)
- Directed by
- Tony Palmer
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film, musical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Dmitri Shostakovich, a Russian composer, dictates his memoirs about his life under Soviet rule. The film shows his struggles to create music while facing political pressure.
biographicalhistoricalmelancholicintrospectivesomberartisticreflectivepolitical
What happens
Testimony is a 1987 British independent musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens. The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book Testimony (edited by Solomon Volkov, ISBN 0-87910-021-4) and filmed in Panavision. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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