Testimony
4.5
157 minutes
11/1/1988
Overview
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Cast List
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
Collin Hurst
as Stalin's Secretary
Joyce Grundy
as Stalin's Mother
Mark Thrippleton
as Young Stalin
Robert Stephens
as Vsevolod Meyerhold
Murray Melvin
as The Film Editor
Jane Cox
as The Widow
Julian Stanley
as Andre Gide
David Sharpe
as Mandelstam
Rowen Parr
as Galya (aged 39)
Bronco McLoughlin
as Cossack
Christopher Bramwell
as Vanya
Marita Philips
as Madam Lupinskaya
Mitzi Mueller
as The Nun
Tracey Spence
as Tsvetayeva
Andrew Brittain
as Malko
Curly Carter
as Cross Eyed Man
Rosemary Chamney
as Concierge
Chris D'Bray
as Dorian Gray
Val Elliott
as French Schoolmarm
Peter Faulkner
as Mayakovsky