Dmitri Shostakovich Movies
- 2015
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 5
London Symphony Orchestra: Shostakovich 502015HD
The LSO’s Principal Guest Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas celebrated his 70th birthday in 2015 with a concert focusing on British and Russian...
- 1938
Great Citizen
Great Citizen4.11938HD
A biography drama about Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.
- 1966
Little Tragedies
Little Tragedies01966HD
Leningrad State Drama Theatre's staging of Pushkin's three "Little Tragedies": The Covetous Knight, The Stone Guest, Mozart and Salieri
- 2016
Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova
Shostakovich: Katerina Izmailova02016HD
Opera in four acts by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) Libretto by Dmitri Shostakovich and Alexander Preis after 'Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk...
- 1979
The Nose
The Nose01979HD
Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduard Akimov leads the cast as Kovalyov, the...
- 1959
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina5.41959HD
Modest Mussorgsky's final opera, left unfinished at the time of this death in March of 1881.
- 2007
A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich
A Journey of Dmitry Shostakovich02007HD
- 1975
The Monument
The Monument01975HD
The film is about the monument erected with the participation of M. Anikushin in honor of the heroic 900-day defense of Leningrad.
- 2015
Hypothetically Murdered
Hypothetically Murdered02015HD
In 1931 Shostakovich wrote a full-length score for the Leningrad Music Hall, for a show that involved many of the leading entertainers of the day, as...
- 1985
Ninth January
Ninth January01985HD
About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.
- 1987
Eine Bewegung der Zeit
Eine Bewegung der Zeit01987HD
A sketch: Observation of everyday life of people and situations in Vienna. "Visual art is an excellent way of observation in our culture. The...
- 1992
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk31992HD
A young woman, married to a wealthy man, but miserably lonely; trapped within a world ruled with an iron fist. Katerina is driven by a lust for life...
- 2009
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk02009HD
At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the...
- 1981
Flower Music
Flower Music01981HD
A picturesque sketch of flowers.
- 2016
Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age
Bolshoi Ballet: The Golden Age02016HD
In the 1920’s, The Golden Age cabaret is a favorite nightly haunt. The young fisherman Boris falls in love with Rita. He follows her to the...
- 1997
Casas Viejas: el grito del sur
Casas Viejas: el grito del sur8.21997HD
- 1981
Invitation to Life
Invitation to Life01981HD
About the forestry scientist Ivan Vikhrov, who devoted his life to the forest and the fight against the fact that “forestry is turning into...
- 1933
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda01933HD
A mostly lost Soviet Union stop-motion version of this classic fairytale. The only surviving scene is called Bazaar.
- 1992
Simone Weil Avenue
Simone Weil Avenue01992HD
The above narrative, by Simone Weil, the French philosopher and mystic, was written into her last notebook. The places filmed show where she lived...
- 1954
Song of the Rivers
Song of the Rivers51954HD
An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run...