Testimony (1988)

5.6/10 157 min Drama History

Overview

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

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Dmitri Shostakovich

Terence Rigby

Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel

Andre Zhdanov

Vernon Dobtcheff

Gargolovsky

Brook Williams

H.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe

Alexander Glazunov

William Squire

Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Anna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard

English Humanist

Murray Melvin

Film Editor

Robert Urquhart

Journalist

Chris Barrie

Carnival Thin Man

Frank Carson

Carnival Fat Man

Ed Bishop

American Commentator

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