

Testimony
November 1, 1988•2h 37m•★ 5.6
DramaHistory
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
Director
Tony PalmerCast

Ben Kingsley
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Sherry Baines
Nina Shostakovich
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Magdalen Asquith
Galya Shostakovich
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Mark Asquith
Maxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby
Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup
Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel
Andre Zhdanov
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Robert Reynolds
Brutus

Vernon Dobtcheff
Gargolovsky

Brook Williams
H.G. Wells

Peter Woodthorpe
Alexander Glazunov

William Squire
Khatchaturyan

Dorota Kwiatkowska
Anna Akhmatova

Liza Goddard
English Humanist

Murray Melvin
Film Editor

Robert Urquhart
Journalist

Chris Barrie
Carnival Thin Man

Frank Carson
Carnival Fat Man

Ed Bishop
American Commentator
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Collin Hurst
Stalin's Secretary