Testimony (1988)
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
- Date of release
- 1988-11-01
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 2h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Tony Palmer
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Testimony is a 1987 British independent musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens. The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book Testimony and filmed in Panavision.
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