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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

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The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)

77 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Documentary on how composer Dmitri Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.

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27 cast members

Name	Known for
Valery Gergiev Self - Conductor "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" and "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Interviewee / Pianist "Rayok" Self - Conductor "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9" and "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Interviewee / Pianist "Rayok" See fewer	To the Wonder (2012)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Themselves - Orchestra "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9" Themselves - Orchestra "Symphonies Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9" See fewer	The New World (2005)
Flora Litvinova Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Graham Haley Shostakovich (voice) Shostakovich (voice) See fewer	X-Men (1992)
Dmitri Shostakovich Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Children of Men (2006)
Dmitri Tolstoy Self - Composer Self - Composer See fewer	Delo (1955)
Joseph Stalin Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Bulat Minzhilkiev Boris - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Self - Baritone "Rayok" Boris - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" / Self - Baritone "Rayok" See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Irina Loskutova Katerina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" Katerina - Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District" See fewer	Mazeppa (1997)
Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra Themselves - Orchestra (Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District") (as The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre) Themselves - Orchestra (Opera "Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk District") (as The Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre) See fewer	To the Wonder (2012)
Karen Khachaturyan Self - Composer (as Karen Khachaturian) Self - Composer (as Karen Khachaturian) See fewer	Raznotsvetnyye kameshki (1960)
Abram Gozenpud Self - Musicologist Self - Musicologist See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Mariana Sabinina Self - Musicologist Self - Musicologist See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Mariya Konniskaya Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Natan Perelman Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Vladimir Rubin Self - Composer Self - Composer See fewer	Zabludshiy (1966)
Ilya Musin Self - Conductor Self - Conductor See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Galina Shostakovich Self - Daughter Self - Daughter See fewer	Rubljovka - Straße zur Glückseligkeit (2007)
Venyamin Basner Self - Composer Self - Composer See fewer	Mirovoy paren (1972)
Isaak Glikman Self - Shostakovich' Secretary Self - Shostakovich' Secretary See fewer	Cherry Town (1963)
Ksenia Matus Self - Oboeist Self - Oboeist See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)
Tatyana Vasileva Self - Siege Survivor Self - Siege Survivor See fewer	Uvidet Parizh i umeret (1993)
Tikhon Khrennikov Self - Secretary of the Composer's Union Self - Secretary of the Composer's Union See fewer	Night Watch (2004)
Viacheslav Luhanin Self - Baritone "Rayok" (as Viatcheslav Luhanin) Self - Baritone "Rayok" (as Viatcheslav Luhanin) See fewer	Mazeppa (1997)
Yuri Laptev Self - Baritone "Rayok" Self - Baritone "Rayok" See fewer	The Gambler (2010)
Aleksandr Morozov Self - Baritone "Rayok" Self - Baritone "Rayok" See fewer	La guerre et la paix (2000)
Alisa Shebalina Self - Friend Self - Friend See fewer	The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)