Testimony

Tony Palmer
1988-11-01


4.5
157 min

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

Cast

Name Character Team
Ben Kingsley Dmitri Shostakovich Zac E. Chan
Sherry Baines Nina Shostakovich Unowned
Magdalen Asquith Galya Shostakovich Unowned
Mark Asquith Maxim Shostakovich Unowned
Terence Rigby Joseph Stalin Unowned
Ronald Pickup Marshall Tukhachevsky Unowned
John Shrapnel Andre Zhdanov Unowned
Robert Reynolds Brutus Unowned
Vernon Dobtcheff Gargolovsky Unowned
Brook Williams H.G. Wells Unowned
Peter Woodthorpe Alexander Glazunov Unowned
William Squire Khatchaturyan Unowned
Dorota Kwiatkowska Anna Akhmatova Unowned
Liza Goddard English Humanist Unowned
Murray Melvin Film Editor Unowned
Robert Urquhart Journalist Unowned
Chris Barrie Carnival Thin Man Unowned
Frank Carson Carnival Fat Man Unowned
Ed Bishop American Commentator Unowned
Collin Hurst Stalin's Secretary Unowned
Joyce Grundy Stalin's Mother Unowned
Mark Thrippleton Young Stalin Unowned
Robert Stephens Vsevolod Meyerhold Unowned
Murray Melvin The Film Editor Unowned
Jane Cox The Widow Unowned
Julian Stanley Andre Gide Unowned
David Sharpe Mandelstam Unowned
Rowen Parr Galya (aged 39) Unowned
Bronco McLoughlin Cossack Unowned
Christopher Bramwell Vanya Unowned
Marita Philips Madam Lupinskaya Unowned
Mitzi Mueller The Nun Unowned
Tracey Spence Tsvetayeva Unowned
Andrew Brittain Malko Unowned
Curly Carter Cross Eyed Man Unowned
Rosemary Chamney Concierge Unowned
Chris D'Bray Dorian Gray Unowned
Val Elliott French Schoolmarm Unowned
Peter Faulkner Mayakovsky Unowned