

MovieDramaHistory
Testimony
5.6(5)19882h 37m
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
- Director
- Tony Palmer
- Writers
- Tony Palmer,David Rudkin
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Cast

Ben Kingsley
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines
Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith
Galya Shostakovich
Mark Asquith
Maxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby
Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup
Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel
Andre Zhdanov
Robert Reynolds
Brutus

Vernon Dobtcheff
Gargolovsky

Brook Williams
H.G. Wells
Peter Woodthorpe
Alexander Glazunov

William Squire
Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska
Anna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard
English Humanist

Murray Melvin
Film Editor

Robert Urquhart
Journalist

Chris Barrie
Carnival Thin Man

Frank Carson
Carnival Fat Man

Ed Bishop
American Commentator
Collin Hurst
Stalin's Secretary
Joyce Grundy
Stalin's Mother
Mark Thrippleton
Young Stalin

Robert Stephens
Vsevolod Meyerhold

Murray Melvin
The Film Editor
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Crew
Directing
- Tony PalmerDirector
Writing
- Tony PalmerWriter
- David RudkinWriter
- Solomon VolkovBook
Production
- Grahame JenningsProducer
- Michael HenryProducer
- Tony PalmerProducer
- Michael KustowProducer
- Maureen MurrayAssociate Producer
Camera
- Nicholas D. KnowlandDirector of Photography
Editing
- Tony PalmerEditor
Sound
- Zeljko MarasovichMusic
- Zeljko MarasovichOriginal Music Composer
- John LundstenSound Recordist
Art
- Tony PalmerProduction Design