1988
4.5
4
November 1, 1988
2h 37m
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Original Title
Testimony
Spoken Languages
English
Production Countries
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Director
Writer
Producer
Composer
Screenplay
Production Companies
Isolde Films, ORF, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), DR, SVT, Film4 Productions
Director
Tony Palmer
Writer
Tony Palmer, David Rudkin
Producer
Grahame Jennings, Michael Kustow, Michael Henry, Tony Palmer
Composer
N/A
Screenplay
N/A
Ben Kingsley
Role: Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines
Role: Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith
Role: Galya Shostakovich
Mark Asquith
Role: Maxim Shostakovich
Terence Rigby
Role: Joseph Stalin
Ronald Pickup
Role: Marshall Tukhachevsky
John Shrapnel
Role: Andre Zhdanov
Robert Reynolds
Role: Brutus
Vernon Dobtcheff
Role: Gargolovsky
Brook Williams
Role: H.G. Wells
Peter Woodthorpe
Role: Alexander Glazunov
William Squire
Role: Khatchaturyan
Dorota Kwiatkowska
Role: Anna Akhmatova
Liza Goddard
Role: English Humanist
Murray Melvin
Role: Film Editor
Robert Urquhart
Role: Journalist
Chris Barrie
Role: Carnival Thin Man
Frank Carson
Role: Carnival Fat Man
Ed Bishop
Role: American Commentator
Collin Hurst
Role: Stalin's Secretary
Joyce Grundy
Role: Stalin's Mother
Mark Thrippleton
Role: Young Stalin
Robert Stephens
Role: Vsevolod Meyerhold
Murray Melvin
Role: The Film Editor
Jane Cox
Role: The Widow
Julian Stanley
Role: Andre Gide
David Sharpe
Role: Mandelstam
Rowen Parr
Role: Galya (aged 39)
Bronco McLoughlin
Role: Cossack
Christopher Bramwell
Role: Vanya
Marita Philips
Role: Madam Lupinskaya
Mitzi Mueller
Role: The Nun
Tracey Spence
Role: Tsvetayeva
Andrew Brittain
Role: Malko
Curly Carter
Role: Cross Eyed Man
Rosemary Chamney
Role: Concierge
Chris D'Bray
Role: Dorian Gray
Val Elliott
Role: French Schoolmarm
Peter Faulkner
Role: Mayakovsky
Wishful Syncing
Treasure Hunting And The Pirates Of The Caribbean
Fight Club: Members Only
Help
Sine-sine
Scissors
Capturing Avatar
Flow
Reza, the Motorcyclist
Fight Club But With Tennis And No Fight
Ishtam
Survival Box
TEACUP!!!!!!!!!
A Lure: Teen Fight Club
Because We Are Champions
Fearless
Shine
In the Name of the Father
Walk the Line
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
The Swimmers
Dreyfus
You Are Not Alone - The Roy Black Story
Pad Man
GoodFellas
Gandhi
Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman
The Man Who Was There
L'oro di Scampia
The Last Emperor
The Straight Story
The Pianist
