157 minutes
11/1/1988
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Ben Kingsley
as Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines
as Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith
as Galya Shostakovich
Mark Asquith
as Maxim Shostakovich
Terence Rigby
as Joseph Stalin
Ronald Pickup
as Marshall Tukhachevsky
John Shrapnel
as Andre Zhdanov
Robert Reynolds
as Brutus
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Gargolovsky
Brook Williams
as H.G. Wells
Peter Woodthorpe
as Alexander Glazunov
William Squire
as Khatchaturyan
Dorota Kwiatkowska
as Anna Akhmatova
Liza Goddard
as English Humanist
Murray Melvin
as Film Editor
Robert Urquhart
as Journalist
Chris Barrie
as Carnival Thin Man
Frank Carson
as Carnival Fat Man
Ed Bishop
as American Commentator