The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (1997)

A documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.

Released

1997-01-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

77 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Larry Weinstein

TMDB rating

5.7/10 from 6 votes