Tony Palmer
Director
Testimony (1987)
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Keywords: tmdb.biography, imdb.sherlock-holmes-character, imdb.dmitri-shostakovich-character, imdb.shostakovich, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.totalitarianism + 39 more, imdb.soviet-history, imdb.russian, imdb.post-world-war-two, imdb.piston, imdb.peace-conference, imdb.montage, imdb.friend, imdb.denouncement, imdb.delirium, imdb.deathbed, imdb.composer, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.dream, imdb.soviet-union, imdb.survival, imdb.surrealism, imdb.socialism, imdb.russia, imdb.russian-history, imdb.propaganda, imdb.orchestra, imdb.opera, imdb.nonlinear-timeline, imdb.newsreel-footage, imdb.musician, imdb.music-history, imdb.journalist, imdb.reference-to-joseph-stalin, imdb.irony, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.humiliation, imdb.friendship, imdb.dying, imdb.death, imdb.censorship, imdb.classical-music, imdb.independent-film, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.2-35-1
Production Companies: Isolde Films, ORF, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), SVT, DRFilm4 Productions
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Runtime: 157 min.
Released: Nov. 11, 1987
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+