Testimony

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

Cast

Ben Kingsley

as Dmitri Shostakovich

Sherry Baines

as Nina Shostakovich

Magdalen Asquith

as Galya Shostakovich

Mark Asquith

as Maxim Shostakovich

Terence Rigby

as Joseph Stalin

Ronald Pickup

as Marshall Tukhachevsky

John Shrapnel

as Andre Zhdanov

Robert Reynolds

as Brutus

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Gargolovsky

Brook Williams

as H.G. Wells

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