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# Tony Palmer's Film of Shostakovich: Testimony

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Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich is the subject of this film about his life by Tony Palmer. Shostsakovich's intensely dramatic music fully matched Palmer's own characteristically dynamic and expressive style. Central to the film is the relationship between Shostakovitch and Stalin, and the terrible price which Shostakovitch paid for his survival. Ben Kingsley stars as the composer.

## Product Details

- **Genre:** Music Videos & Concerts
- **Format:** NTSC, Classical, Color, Multiple Formats
- **Contributor:** Frank Carson, Peter Faulkner, Igor Gridneff, Rodney Litchfield, Sherry Baines, Julian Stanley, Vernon Dobtcheff, Val Elliot, Curly Carter, David Sharpe, Bronco McLoughlin, William Squire, Andrew Brittain, Mark Thrippleton, Nicholas Fry, Tony Palmer, Terence Rigby, Murray Melvin, Joyce Grundy, Ben Kingsley, Marita Phillips, Liza Goddard, Jane Cox, Chris D'Bray, Panda Jazz, Robert Reynolds, Chris Barrie, Robert Urquhart, Colin Hurst, Rowena Parr, Robert Stephens, Rosemary Chamney, Dorota Rae, Christopher Bramwell, Van Martin, Magdalen Asquith, Brook Williams, Margaret Fingergut, Peter Woodthorpe, Tracy Spence, Ed Bishop, John Shrapnel, Mitzi Mueller, Mark Asquith, Ronald Pickup
- **Language:** English
- **Number Of Discs:** 1

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Know your Shostakovich to watch this film
*by U***R on September 9, 2011*

You must know your Shostakovich to understand what is going on in this film, otherwise you may be confused. This DVD is based upon the memoirs of the composer as edited by Volkov. Some academics have taken it upon themselves to question the books authenticity. There are counter arguments which state it is true. This I believe, for I grew up in a police state. I can assure you, that you are watched. Step out of line and you are in trouble as I was. I suggest you read Shostakovich, A life remembered by Elizabeth Wilson and Shostakovich Reconsidered by Ho and Feofanov,whose arguments destroys these ivory tower Academics. They should get a life.Tony Palmer who directs, writes and Edits the film, uses Shostakovich's music to illusrate his life. Kingsley plays Shostakovich, Rigby, Stalin, Pickup the general,Robert Stephens Meyerhold. These are the well known actors in the film. The film lasts for two hours thirty minutes and is in black and white. Many of the composers friends were shot, but this did not stop his bravery in standing up to Stalin via his music. The Symphonies are played by the London Philharmonic conducted by Rudolf Barshai, who knew Shostakovich. Also the Violin Concerto No 1,plus the piano concerto no 2 and two of his string quartets. Without prior knowledge of his life, you will be confused. I think this film is for the composers fans. I liked Testimony .

### ⭐⭐⭐ Ben Kingsley is a fine actor, but he looks nothing like the composer
*by S***R on March 2, 2017*

Ben Kingsley is a fine actor, but he looks nothing like the composer...The hardest part to watch was the opening with the real composer, not the actor, dead in his coffin.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Stain vs Shostakovich parallels what is going on today.
*by J***E on February 14, 2018*

A brutally moving account of Shostakovich suffering under the ruthless paranoid, Stalin. It is relevant to me in these times where we have a president intend on ousting Independent consul Mueller by concocting lies after lies against Mueller and his FBI allies-yet unable to pull the trigger because of fear of the unknown (what would Congress do). Stalin also was faced with a similar dilemma--how to jail or even have kill a national heroe, beloved by the Russian people. At Stalin's megamaniac height, he forced the composer to give a speech denouncing his "betrayal" of Russia, which was no more than a salute to Stalin. Sound familiar? Fortunately, Stalin died before he could completely destroy the composer. Shortly after, the battered Dimitri vented his years of mental torture through a series of soul shattering symphonies. It's a far cry from what I expected of a composer who wrote Romance of the Gadfly, the lyrical haunting theme from Ace of Spy, with Sam Neil.

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