The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when Shostakovich, aged 30, faces Stalin’s wrath after his opera is condemned. A stroke of luck prevents him from becoming a casualty of the Great Terror, and for decades he has to weigh appeasing those in power in Soviet Russia against the integrity of his music.
Germany,
Poland,
United Kingdom
Drama
0 minutes
Jan Komasa
Zero One Film,
Aurum Film,
Wildgaze Films