War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin, The

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin (1997)

Name: The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2022-01-01T17:20:43+01:00
Rating: 3.83

Documentary | 76 minutes

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Genre: Documentary / Music

Duration: 76 minuten

Country: Canada / Germany

Directed by: Larry Weinstein

Starst: Dmitri Shostakovich and Valery Gergiev

IMDb score: 7,6 (138)

Releasedate: 1 January 1997

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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich against Stalin plot

In Russia during the interwar period and the Second World War, Stalin ruled in a bloody way. The composer Dmitri Shostakovich did not agree at all with the policy of the tyrant, but to speak openly was impossible. That would have cost him his life. Shostakovich took flight to another method: art. This documentary shows how Shostakovich used his Symphony Nos. 4 through Ninth as a silent protest against Stalin's crimes.