Testimony

Testimony
2h 37min

Drama

History

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Production Companies

Isolde Films

ORF

Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)

DR

SVT

Film4 Productions

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Dmitri Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Magdalen Asquith

Galya Shostakovich

Mark Asquith

Mark Asquith

Maxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Andre Zhdanov

Robert Reynolds

Robert Reynolds

Brutus

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Gargolovsky

Brook Williams

Brook Williams

H.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe

Peter Woodthorpe

Alexander Glazunov

William Squire

William Squire

Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Anna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard

English Humanist

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

Film Editor

Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart

Journalist

Chris Barrie

Chris Barrie

Carnival Thin Man

Frank Carson

Frank Carson

Carnival Fat Man

Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

American Commentator

Release date

1st Nov 1988

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English