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Testimony: Directed by Tony Palmer. With Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith, Mark Asquith. The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.
- (288)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Tony Palmer
- 1988-11
Jul 3, 2016 · Tony Palmer's 1988 film on the life, times and music of the Soviet composer, with Ben Kingsley as Shostakovich and Terence Rigby as Stalin.
- 151 min
- 55.7K
- FunFillums
May 25, 2022 · SUBSCRIBE: / @tonypalmerfilms3262 Testimony bears witness to an unconquerable human spirit. The story of Dmitri Shostakovich, great Russian patriot and musician, confront us all by its heroism ...
- 150 min
- 3.4K
- Tony Palmer Films
This drama is based on the true story of renowned Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (Ben Kingsley). While Shostakovich becomes one of the most lauded musical figures of his...
- (271)
- Tony Palmer
- Biography
- Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Terence Rigby
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Testimony is a 1988 British independent musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens. The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book Testimony (edited by Solomon Volkov, ISBN 0-87910-021-4) and filmed in Panavision .
User Reviews. Tony Palmer's tour de force biopic of the great twentieth-century Russian composer is, cinematically, a work of genius. Aided by Nic Knowland's stunning cinematography and the director's own well-observed production design, the film is visually compelling and a fine manifestation of cinema as art.
