Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony

Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony

Director: Tony Palmer Cast: Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
, Terence Rigby
Terence Rigby
, Sherry Baines
Sherry Baines
, Ronald Pickup
Ronald Pickup
, Magdalen Asquith
Magdalen Asquith
Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony

Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony

Director: Tony Palmer Cast: Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
, Terence Rigby
Terence Rigby
, Sherry Baines
Sherry Baines
, Ronald Pickup
Ronald Pickup
, Magdalen Asquith
Magdalen Asquith

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Overview

Tony Palmer's remarkable film portrait of composer Dmitri Shostakovich stars Ben Kingsley in the title role. Music is performed by The London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/15/2009
UPC: 0604388722501
Original Release: 1987
Source: Tony Palmer Films
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W, Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 2:31:00
Sales rank: 47,719

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Ben Kingsley Dmitri Shostakovich
Terence Rigby Stalin
Sherry Baines Nina Shostakovich
Ronald Pickup Marshall Tukhachevsky
Magdalen Asquith Galya
Mark Asquith Maxim Shostakovich
John Shrapnel Zhdanov
Robert Reynolds Brutus
Chris Barrie Carnival Thin Man
Ed Bishop American Commentator
Andrew Brittain Malko
Frank Carson Carnival Fat Man
Curly Carter Cross-eyed Man
Rosemary Chamney Concierge
Jane Cox Widow
Chris D'Bray Dorian Gray
Vernon Dobtcheff Gargolovsky
Val Elliot French Schoolmarm
Peter Faulkner Mayakovsky
Margaret Fingergut Christian Woman
Nicholas Fry Maxim at Age 37
Igor Gridneff Blind Man
Joyce Grundy Stalin's Mother
Colin Hurst Stalin's Secretary
Rodney Litchfield Sherlock Holmes
Van Martin German Humanist
Bronco McLoughlin Cossack
Mitzi Mueller Nun
Panda Jazz Green
Rowena Parr Galya at Age 39
Marita Phillips Mme. Lupinskaya
Dorota Rae Akmatova
David Sharpe Mandelstam
Tracy Spence Tsvetayeva
William Squire Khatchaturyan
Julian Stanley Andre Gide
Mark Thrippleton Young Stalin
Brook Williams H.G. Wells
Christopher Bramwell Vanya
Liza Goddard English humanist
Murray Melvin Film Editor
Robert Stephens Vsevolod Meyerhold
Robert Urquhart Journalist
Peter Woodthorpe Alexander Glazunov
Rudolf Barshai Conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra Composer

Technical Credits
Tony Palmer Screenwriter,Producer
Michael Kustow Executive Producer
Grahame Jennings Executive Producer
David Rudkin Screenwriter

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony
1. Death of a Composer - Glazunov: 8th Symphony [8:28]
2. First Composer of the Revolution - 1st Symphony & The Golden Age Tukhachevsky & Meyerhold [4:04]
3. Stalin - 13th Symphony [2:12]
4. Carnival - 8th Symphony [2:58]
5. Lady Macbeth - Tukhachevsky [9:54]
6. Revolution - 11th Symphony [5:18]
7. Eisenstein & the film studio - 11th Symphony [8:27]
8. At The Bolshoi - 5th Symphony [6:37]
9. At home - Nina, Galya & Maxim: Piano Concerto No.2 [3:06]
10. The Terror - String Quartet No. 8 & 10th Symphony [8:26]
11. The Siege of Leningrad, pt 1 - Vanya: 7th Symphony [12:18]
12. "Then we ate the Jews" 5th Symphony [2:46]
13. Denunciation - Zhdanov [6:57]
14. "To Reach the People" Violin Concerto No. 1 [8:41]
15. America - The Golden Age Polka [13:18]
16. Meeting Stalin - Khatchaturyan: 14th Symphony [7:49]
17. Death of Stalin: 11th Symphony & Mozart Piano Concerto K488 [9:18]
18. "Let the Hammer Fall" - Michelangelo Sonnets [3:48]
19. Babiy Yar - 13th Symphony [13:09]
20. "Have You Seen My Son" - Piano Concerto No. 2 [9:16]
21. 30 Million Dead - String Quartet No. 10 [3:18]
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