Discover Larry Weinstein’s stirring film Shostakovich against Stalin – The War Symphonies. Described by Shostakovich as his ‘tombstones’, the symphonies 4 to 9 represented the composer’s weapons against Stalin’s tyranny and remain a powerful testimony of Shostakovich’s struggle against oppression. The documentary was shot on location in Moscow and St. Petersburg and brings together archive film material, personal recollections from family, friends and colleagues.
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