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Testimony
Testimony

Testimony

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The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

157 mins

Rating

4.5/10

Release Date

01 November 1988

Country

Denmark

Cast

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Dmitri Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

Sherry Baines

Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

Magdalen Asquith

Galya Shostakovich

Mark Asquith

Mark Asquith

Maxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

Ronald Pickup

Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Andre Zhdanov

Robert Reynolds

Robert Reynolds

Brutus

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Gargolovsky

Brook Williams

Brook Williams

H.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe

Peter Woodthorpe

Alexander Glazunov

William Squire

William Squire

Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Dorota Kwiatkowska

Anna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard

English Humanist

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

Film Editor

Robert Urquhart

Robert Urquhart

Journalist

Chris Barrie

Chris Barrie

Carnival Thin Man

Frank Carson

Frank Carson

Carnival Fat Man

Ed Bishop

Ed Bishop

American Commentator

Collin Hurst

Collin Hurst

Stalin's Secretary

Joyce Grundy

Joyce Grundy

Stalin's Mother

Mark Thrippleton

Mark Thrippleton

Young Stalin

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Vsevolod Meyerhold

Murray Melvin

Murray Melvin

The Film Editor

Jane Cox

Jane Cox

The Widow

Julian Stanley

Julian Stanley

Andre Gide

David Sharpe

David Sharpe

Mandelstam

Rowen Parr

Rowen Parr

Galya (aged 39)

Bronco McLoughlin

Bronco McLoughlin

Cossack

Christopher Bramwell

Christopher Bramwell

Vanya

Marita Philips

Marita Philips

Madam Lupinskaya

Mitzi Mueller

Mitzi Mueller

The Nun

Tracey Spence

Tracey Spence

Tsvetayeva

Andrew Brittain

Andrew Brittain

Malko

Curly Carter

Curly Carter

Cross Eyed Man

Rosemary Chamney

Rosemary Chamney

Concierge

Chris D'Bray

Chris D'Bray

Dorian Gray

Val Elliott

Val Elliott

French Schoolmarm

Peter Faulkner

Peter Faulkner

Mayakovsky

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