Testimony (1988)
2h 37m
Running Time
November 1, 1988Release Date
Testimony (1988)
2h 37m
Running Time
November 1, 1988Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Ben Kingsley
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines
Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith
Galya Shostakovich
Terence Rigby
Joseph Stalin
Mark Asquith
Maxim Shostakovich
Ronald Pickup
Marshall Tukhachevsky
Tony Palmer
Director
John Shrapnel
Andre Zhdanov
David Rudkin
Writer
Robert Reynolds
Brutus
Solomon Volkov
Writer
Zeljko Marasovic
Composer
Vernon Dobtcheff
Gargolovsky
Zeljko Marasovich
Composer
Nicholas D. Knowland
Cinematographer
Brook Williams
H.G. Wells
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Testimony is a 1988 British independent musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens. The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book Testimony (edited by Solomon Volkov, ISBN 0-87910-021-4) and filmed in Panavision.