Rothschild's Violin

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 18, 1996

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Hungary, France, Finland, Switzerland

Cast

Kirill Shigaev,Katariina Unt,Székely B. Miklós,Ferenc Jávori,Mari Törőcsik,Sulev Luik,Tõnu Kark,Tarmo Männard,Dainius Kazlauskas,Kaljo Kiiskand 5 more

Director

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Writer

Edgardo Cozarinsky

Cinematography

Jacques Bouquin

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0118084