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Testimony

4.5/10

Release: 01/11/1988

Duration: 2h 37m

Testimony

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

Country: Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom

Language: English

Director:Tony Palmer

Writers

| Writer:Tony Palmer
| Writer:David Rudkin

Production

Isolde Films

ORF

Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)

DR

SVT

Film4 Productions

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Dmitri Shostakovi..

Sherry Baines

Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Magdalen Asquit..

Galya Shostakovic..

Mark Asquith

Mark Asquith

Maxim Shostakovic..

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Marshall Tukhache..

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Andre Zhdanov

Brook Williams

Brook Williams

H.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe

Peter Woodthorp..

Alexander Glazuno..

William Squire

William Squire

Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Dorota Kwiatkow..

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 Commenta..

Collin Hurst

Collin Hurst

Stalin's Secretar..

Joyce Grundy

Joyce Grundy

Stalin's Mother

Mark Thrippleton

Mark Thrippleto..

Young Stalin

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Vsevolod Meyerhol..

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

The Film Editor

Jane Cox

Jane Cox

The Widow

Julian Stanley

Julian Stanley

Andre Gide

David Sharpe

David Sharpe

Mandelstam

Rowen Parr

Rowen Parr

Galya (aged 39)

Marita Philips

Marita Philips

Madam Lupinskaya

Tracey Spence

Tracey Spence

Tsvetayeva

Curly Carter

Curly Carter

Cross Eyed Man

Chris D'Bray

Chris D'Bray

Dorian Gray

Val Elliott

Val Elliott

French Schoolmarm

Peter Faulkner

Peter Faulkner

Mayakovsky

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