Testimony (1987) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

The life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his relationship with Stalin.

Cast & Crew

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Tony Palmer

Ben Kingsley

Dimitri Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Marc Asquith

Terence Rigby

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Biography

Music

Political

Release Date

1987

Production Company

Bbc Resources; Channel 4; Channel Four Television; Danish Broadcasting Corporation; Film4 Productions; Osterreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen (Orf); Sveriges Television (Svt)

Distribution Company

Cooperative Nouveau Cinema (Cnc)

Location

Wigan, England, United Kingdom; Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 37m

Synopsis

The life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his relationship with Stalin.

Director

Tony Palmer

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Dimitri Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Marc Asquith

Terence Rigby

Ronald Pickup

John Shrapnel

Robert Reynolds

Vernon Dobtcheff

Colin Hurst

Stalin'S Secretary

Joyce Grundy

Stalin'S Mother

Mark Thrippleton

Liza Goddard

English Humanist

Peter Woodthorpe

Robert Stephens

William Squire

Murray Melvin

Robert Urquhart

Christopher Bramwell

Brook Williams

Marita Phillips

Madame Lupinskaya

Frank Carson

Carnival Fat Man

Chris Barrie

Carnival Thin Man

Mitzi Mueller

Tracy Spence

Dorota Rai

Ed Bishop

American Commentator

Andrew Brittain

Curly Carter

Rosemary Chamney

Jane Cox

Chris D'bray

Val Elliot

French Schoolmarm

Peter Faulkner

Margaret Fingerhut

Christian Woman

Nicholas Fry

Igor Gridneff

Rodney Litchfield

Sherlock Holmes

Van Martin

German Humanist

Bronco Mcloughlin

Rowena Parr

The Panda Jazz

David Sharpe

Julian Stanley

Yuzuko Horigome

John Shirley-quirk

Felicity Palmer

Margaret Fingerhut

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Philharmonia Orchestra Of London

Crew

Graham Ackroyd

Sound Rerecording Mixer

Karel Ancerl

Music Conductor (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra)

Raymond Asquith

Translations (Russian)

Rudolf Barshai

Music Conductor (London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Patrick Begley

David Bimson

Sound Recording Mixer

Chris Bradley

Art Direction (Naga Workshop)

Chris Browning

Terry Caines

Music Recording

Peter Cavaciuti

Frederic Chopin

Music ("Funeral March")

Jane Clarke

Production Staff Member

Wing Commander R E C Davies

Music Conductor (Central Band Of The Raf)

Nick Doff

Special Effects

Alan Dykes

Sound Rerecording Mixer

Steve Ede

Construction Manager

Mark Gibbon

Sally Griffiths

Rodrigo Gutierrez

Peter Haley-remmers

Special Effects

Christopher Hall

1st Assistant Director

Damon Heath

Special Effects

Mike Henry

Executive Producer

John Hibbs

Costume Designer

Kevin Hingston

Special Effects

Grahame Jennings

Executive Producer

Nic Knowland

Director Of Photography

Kiril Kondrashin

Music Conductor (Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra)

Jo Korer

Michael Kustow

Executive Producer

Jan Lovell

Production Staff Member

Nick Lowin

John Lundsten

Sound Recording Mixer

Ian Maclagan

Sound Recording Mixer

Jill Marshall

Assistant Director

Tony Martin

Martin Mccullagh

Daniel Meadows

Andrew Montgomery

1st Assistant Director

Martin Morgan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music ("Concerto No 23")

Maureen Murray

Associate Producer

Simon Murray

David Nolan

Music Leader (London Philharmonic Orchestra)

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Tony Palmer

Production Designer

Gladys Pearce

Unit Production Manager

Lee Philpott

Sound Rerecording Mixer

Simon Preston

Wendy Rawson

Toddy Roche

Melloney Roffe

Location Manager

David Rudkin

Howard Shelley

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitriy Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

Music ("Violin Concerto No 1" "Michelangelo Sonnet" "Symphony No 13" "Symphony No 14" "Piano Concerto No 2" "String Quartet No 10" "Symphony No 5" "Symphony No 10" "Symphony No 11")

Dmitriy Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

Penny Smith

Beth Solomon

Phil Stokes

Special Effects

Yevgeny Svetlanov

Music Conductor (Ussr Symphony Orchestra)

Terry Tague

Paul Templeman

Martin Tranter

Music Recording

Chris Tyrer

Music Recording

Soloman Volkov

Soloman Volkov

Book Editor ("Testimony")

Laurie Warburton

Gareth Watson

Music Recording

Dena Woodhams

Production Staff Member

Film Details

MPAA Rating

Genre

Biography

Music

Political

Release Date

1987

Production Company

Bbc Resources; Channel 4; Channel Four Television; Danish Broadcasting Corporation; Film4 Productions; Osterreichischer Rundfunk Fernsehen (Orf); Sveriges Television (Svt)

Distribution Company

Cooperative Nouveau Cinema (Cnc)

Location

Wigan, England, United Kingdom; Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

2h 37m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1988

Released in United States December 18, 1991

Released in United States Fall November 4, 1988

Released in United States November 15, 1987

Released in United States October 1988

Released in United States September 18, 1988

Shown at Boston Film Festival September 18, 1988.

Shown at International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium (non-competing) October 12-22, 1988.

Shown at London Film Festival November 15, 1987.

Shown at Munich Film Festival June 25-July 3, 1988.

Broadcast over PBS on "Great Performances" May 1989.

Released in United States September 18, 1988 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 18, 1988.)

Released in United States October 1988 (Shown at International Flanders Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium (non-competing) October 12-22, 1988.)

Released in United States Fall November 4, 1988

Released in United States November 15, 1987 (Shown at London Film Festival November 15, 1987.)

Released in United States 1988 (Shown at Munich Film Festival June 25-July 3, 1988.)

Released in United States December 18, 1991 (Film Forum; New York City)

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