The war symphonies : Shostakovich against Stalin / Bullfrog Films presents ; Rhombus Media, IDTV Cultuur, ZDF & ARTE present ; director, Larry Weinstein ; producer, Niv Fichman ; writers, David New, Larry Weinstein, Gemma Van Zeventer.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.

Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- conductor.

Weinstein, Larry, film director, screenwriter.

Fichman, Niv, film producer.

New, David, screenwriter.

Zeventer, Gemma van, screenwriter.

Radio Filharmonisch Orkest (Nederlandse Omroep Stichting), performer.

Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ). Orkestr, performer.

Rhombus Media (Firm), production company.

IDTV Cultuur, production company.

Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, production company.

Association relative à la télévision européenne, production company.

Bullfrog Films, distributor.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich.

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

World War, 1939-1945--Music and the war.

World War, 1939-1945.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Soviet Union.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (80 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

Other Title:

Shostakovich against Stalin

Place of Publication:

[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2019]

Language Note:

In English and Russian with English subtitles.

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

A look at the Stalinist purges and the musical response Dmitri Shostakovich made through his symphonies Four to Nine, which he called "tombstones."

Participant:

Netherlands Radio Philharmonic ; Orchestra of Mariinsky Theatre ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.

Credits:

Editor, David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Rhombus Media/ZDF, ©1997.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 31, 2019).

Publisher Number:

bf-war Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.