The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
Directed by	Larry Weinstein
Screenplay by	David New; Larry Weinstein; Gemma Van Zeventer;
Produced by	Niv Fichman
Starring	Valery Gergiev; Graham Haley; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Kirov Orchestra;
Cinematography	Horst Zeidler
Music by	Dmitri Shostakovich
Production; company	Rhombus Media
Distributed by	Bullfrog Films
Release date	1997;

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin (sometimes titled Shostakovich Against Stalin: The War Symphonies) is a 1997 documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed his Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symphonies, but also briefly discusses other works in the composer's oeuvre, such as his Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District.