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Testimony

Tony Palmer

1988 • 2h 37m

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

Testimony

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Ben KingsleyDmitri Shostakovich

Sherry BainesNina Shostakovich

Magdalen AsquithGalya Shostakovich

Mark AsquithMaxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby

Terence RigbyJoseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

Ronald PickupMarshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel

John ShrapnelAndre Zhdanov

Robert ReynoldsBrutus

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon DobtcheffGargolovsky

Brook Williams

Brook WilliamsH.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe

Peter WoodthorpeAlexander Glazunov

William Squire

William SquireKhatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Dorota KwiatkowskaAnna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard

Liza GoddardEnglish Humanist

Murray Melvin

Murray MelvinFilm Editor

Crew

Tony Palmer

Tony PalmerDirector

David Rudkin

David RudkinWriter

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