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Into The Cold Dawn - Dmitry Shostakovich

Armin Mueller-Stahl Mstislav Rostropovich

The film recounts the life of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich from the perspective of a film director, played by Armin Mueller-Stahl, who is shooting a movie about Shostakovich. While editing the film, the director shifts through scenes from feature films for which Shostakovich wrote the music during the rule of Stalin. The director meets and interviews family members and companions of the composer, such as Mstislav Rostropovich. Key moments in the life of Shostakovich are re-enacted with marionette puppets. At the end of his investigation, the director realises that he is unable to draw a clear-cut portrait of the composer - what his interview partners tell him is just too contradictory.

Repertoire

Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Spielfilm "Der Gegenplan", Spielfilm "Die junge Garde", Spielfilm "Einfache Menschen", Spielfilm "Der große Staatsbürger", Spielfilm "Soja", Spielfilm "Der Fall von Berlin", Spielfilm "Belinski", 5. Sinfonie, 4. Sinfonie, 7. Sinfon

Facts

Prog. No.
6357
Music genre
Documentary
Length
80 mins
Lenght short
78
Director
Oliver Becker
Producers
LOFT, 3sat
Production year
2007
Format
SD