Plot
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". Jewish motifs enter Shostakovich's own work. The film includes a filmed version of the opera itself.
Written by
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Directed by
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Crew
Production Countries
Switzerland, Finland, France, Hungary
Languages
Awards
N/A
Scores
# of Votes
48
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA