The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)

Directed by

Larry Weinstein

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

This documentary covers the life of Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich during a turbulent decade. It shows how he created six symphonies while living under the repressive rule of Joseph Stalin.

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What happens

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (sometimes titled Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies) is a 1997 documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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