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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Composer Shostakovitch |
| Production Date | n.d. |
| Country of Production | USSR |
| Duration | 00:20:41 |
| Production Company | Leningrad Documentary Film Studios |
| Film Subject Era | 1917-1924; 1925-1939; 1939-1945; 1946-1953; 1954-1975 |
| Genre | Biography; Documentary |
| Summary | Biography of the composer Shostakovich which includes archive photographs, scenes of St Petersburg and footage of his music being performed. [Please note, the first 50 seconds of the film are blank.] |
| Original Title | композитор шостакович |
| Subjects | Music; Composers; Arts and culture; Russian Revolution (1917); Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944); Peace |
| Director | Sokurov, Alexander |
| Contributors |
Script: Dobrodeev, B. Camera: Lebedyev, Yuri, Yakubovsky, Alexander |
| People | Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975) |
| Places | Leningrad (St Petersburg, Petrograd) |
| Fiction/Non Fiction | Non Fiction |
| Sound | Sound |
| Colour Format | Colour |
| Language | English (Narrator) |
| Module | Culture & Society |
| Copyright | The British Film Institute |