The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

(1997)

★ 5.7 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1997

Runtime: 77 мин

Country: Germany, Canada

Director: Larry Weinstein

Cast: Дмитрий Шостакович, Valery Gergiev

Plot

A 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.