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Testimony: Directed by Tony Palmer. With Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith. 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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- Biography, Drama, History
- Tony Palmer
- 1988-11
This drama is based on the true story of renowned Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (Ben Kingsley). While Shostakovich becomes one of the most lauded musical figures of his era, Soviet leader...
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- Tony Palmer
- Biography
- Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Terence Rigby
User Reviews. Tony Palmer's tour de force biopic of the great twentieth-century Russian composer is, cinematically, a work of genius. Aided by Nic Knowland's stunning cinematography and the director's own well-observed production design, the film is visually compelling and a fine manifestation of cinema as art.
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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 .
May 3, 2011 · Film. Time Out says. Palmer's epic biopic of the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (Kingsley), adapted from memoirs he 'related' shortly before his death in 1975, concentrates primarily on the...
