Dmitri Schostakowitsch - Dem kühlen Morgen entgegen (2008)

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Directors:

Oliver Becker, Katharina Bruner

Writers:

Oliver Becker, Dietrich Mack

Stars:

Tikhon Khrennikov, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mstislav Rostropovich

Cast

Credited cast:
Tikhon Khrennikov	...	Self (as Tichon Chrennikow)
Armin Mueller-Stahl	...	Self
Mstislav Rostropovich	...	Self (as Mstislaw Rostropowitsch)
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky	...	Self (as Gennadi Roschdestwenski)
Kurt Sanderling	...	Self
Galina Shostakovich	...	Self (as Galina Schostakowitsch)
Irina Shostakovich	...	Self (as Irina Schostakowitsch)
Maxim Shostakovich	...	Self (as Maxim Schostakowitsch)

Storyline

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Genres:

Documentary

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User Reviews

Excellence

Touching, sensitive, depth documentary about Schostakovich's troubled life under the communist dictatorship.

The movie alternates three kinds of styles: today's events (featuring interviews and scenes showing the movie director alter-ego with his collaborators), old recorded documents (mainly in black&white) dating the soviet epoch, and wonderful, dramatic reconstructions of Shostakovich's life events played by puppets (it may seems desecrating but these scenes are extremely intense in their tragical nature). Puppet scenes are just fine art, from their expressions to stage design and photography. Everything is suspended, tense, dark, like Shostakovich's music.

A delicious documentary blending historical accuracy and narration with delicate artistic taste and equilibrium.

Details

Country:

Germany

Language:

German Russian

Release Date:

6 December 2008 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Dmitri Shostakovich - Into the Cold Dawn

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avindependents Film & TV GmbH, EuroArts Entertainment, Loft Music

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min 58 min (2011) (TV)

Color:

Color