Testimony [videorecording] / an Isolde Films production in association with the Mandemar Group ; screenplay by David Rudkin ; produced , directed, editied designed and co-written by Tony Palmer.

Contributor Rudkin, David, 1936-

Imprint:London : Digital Classics, c2006.

Description1 videocdisc ( 151 min.) : sd., B&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:"From the memoirs of Dmetri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Note:Includes extracts from: Symphomies 1, 4, 5, 8, 9,10, 11, 12,13, & 14 ; Violin concerto no. 1 ; Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk ; Michelangelo sonnets ; Jazz suits 1 & 2 ; Piano concerto no. 2 ; String quartets no. 8 & 10.

Note:Based loosely on the memoirs of Shostakovich, a classical composer living in Russia during the reign of Stalin, this film traces the relationship between Shostakovich and Stalin and the effect that Stalin had on Shostakovich's life and work.

Note : PerformerBen Kinsley, Terence Rogby, Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnwel. Sherry Baines. Magdelen Asquith, Mark Asquith. Lisa Goddard, Peter Woodthorpe, Robert Stephens, William Squire, Murry Melvin, Robert Urquhart, Robert Reynolds, Vernon Dobtcheff, Colin Hurst, Joyce Grundy, Mark Thrippleton, Christopher Bramwell, brook Williams, Marita Phillips.

System Details NotesDVD, all regions, anamorphic 16:9 presentation, digitally remastered ; stereo

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