Testimony
1988 | 157m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | Tony Palmer |
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| Writer: | Tony Palmer, David Rudkin, Solomon Volkov |
| Staring: |
| The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1988 |
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| Director: | Tony Palmer |
| Writer: | Tony Palmer, David Rudkin, Solomon Volkov |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | biography |
| Production Companies | DR, SVT, ORF, Film4 Productions, Isolde Films, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ben Kingsley | Dmitri Shostakovich |
| Sherry Baines | Nina Shostakovich |
| Magdalen Asquith | Galya Shostakovich |
| Mark Asquith | Maxim Shostakovich |
| Terence Rigby | Joseph Stalin |
| Ronald Pickup | Marshall Tukhachevsky |
| John Shrapnel | Andre Zhdanov |
| Robert Reynolds | Brutus |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | Gargolovsky |
| Brook Williams | H.G. Wells |
| Peter Woodthorpe | Alexander Glazunov |
| William Squire | Khatchaturyan |
| Dorota Kwiatkowska | Anna Akhmatova |
| Liza Goddard | English Humanist |
| Murray Melvin | Film Editor |
| Robert Urquhart | Journalist |
| Chris Barrie | Carnival Thin Man |
| Frank Carson | Carnival Fat Man |
| Ed Bishop | American Commentator |
| Collin Hurst | Stalin's Secretary |
| Joyce Grundy | Stalin's Mother |
| Mark Thrippleton | Young Stalin |
| Robert Stephens | Vsevolod Meyerhold |
| Murray Melvin | The Film Editor |
| Jane Cox | The Widow |
| Julian Stanley | Andre Gide |
| David Sharpe | Mandelstam |
| Rowen Parr | Galya (aged 39) |
| Bronco McLoughlin | Cossack |
| Christopher Bramwell | Vanya |
| Marita Philips | Madam Lupinskaya |
| Mitzi Mueller | The Nun |
| Tracey Spence | Tsvetayeva |
| Andrew Brittain | Malko |
| Curly Carter | Cross Eyed Man |
| Rosemary Chamney | Concierge |
| Chris D'Bray | Dorian Gray |
| Val Elliott | French Schoolmarm |
| Peter Faulkner | Mayakovsky |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tony Palmer | Production Design, Director, Editor, Writer |
| David Rudkin | Writer |
| Solomon Volkov | Book |
| Zeljko Marasovich | Music, Original Music Composer |
| Nicholas D. Knowland | Director of Photography |
| John Lundsten | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Michael Henry | Producer |
| Grahame Jennings | Producer |
| Michael Kustow | Producer |
| Maureen Murray | Associate Producer |
| Tony Palmer | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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