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Testimony

Genres
Drama
History
Rating
4.5
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesDenmarkGermanyNetherlandsSwedenUnited Kingdom
Release Date1988-11-01
Runtime157 mins

Overview

The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

Cast & Crew

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Ben Kingsley

as Dmitri Shostakovich

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Sherry Baines

as Nina Shostakovich

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Magdalen Asquith

as Galya Shostakovich

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Mark Asquith

as Maxim Shostakovich

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Terence Rigby

as Joseph Stalin

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Ronald Pickup

as Marshall Tukhachevsky

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John Shrapnel

as Andre Zhdanov

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Robert Reynolds

as Brutus

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Vernon Dobtcheff

as Gargolovsky

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Brook Williams

as H.G. Wells

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Peter Woodthorpe

as Alexander Glazunov

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William Squire

as Khatchaturyan

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Dorota Kwiatkowska

as Anna Akhmatova

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Liza Goddard

as English Humanist

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Murray Melvin

as Film Editor

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Robert Urquhart

as Journalist

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Chris Barrie

as Carnival Thin Man

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Frank Carson

as Carnival Fat Man

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Ed Bishop

as American Commentator

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Collin Hurst

as Stalin's Secretary

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Joyce Grundy

as Stalin's Mother

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Mark Thrippleton

as Young Stalin

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Robert Stephens

as Vsevolod Meyerhold

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Murray Melvin

as The Film Editor

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Jane Cox

as The Widow

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Julian Stanley

as Andre Gide

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David Sharpe

as Mandelstam

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Rowen Parr

as Galya (aged 39)

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Bronco McLoughlin

as Cossack

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Christopher Bramwell

as Vanya

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Marita Philips

as Madam Lupinskaya

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Mitzi Mueller

as The Nun

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Tracey Spence

as Tsvetayeva

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Andrew Brittain

as Malko

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Curly Carter

as Cross Eyed Man

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Rosemary Chamney

as Concierge

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Chris D'Bray

as Dorian Gray

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Val Elliott

as French Schoolmarm

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Peter Faulkner

as Mayakovsky

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