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Dimitri Shostakovich - Sonata For Viola [A film by Semyon Aranovich and Alexander Sokurov] [DVD] [NTSC]

Aleksandr Sokurov (Director) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Directors: Aleksandr Sokurov
  • Format: NTSC, Black & White, Subtitled
  • Language: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
  • Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Ideale Audience International
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Dec 2005
  • Run Time: 75 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000CCE2DM
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 129,702 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Banned in the U.S.S.R. until 1986, this programme documents the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich and shows how the musical maestro, despite the drawbacks of his time, overcame the storms of history and human frailty.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Documentary 25 Aug 2007
By Rossa Crowe
This is a very special documentary on Shostakovich. Firstly Sokhurov is a film director and it shows - he has put together some beautiful images within an unusual structure. The film uses the last summer of Shostakovich's life and partiularly some details of the composition of the Viola Sonata as a reference point to which the film returns several times. Thus he mixes the chronology of the composer's life. The film reveals some wonderful examples which illustrate Shostakovich's nature. The film had a turbulent history - made in 1980, just 5 years after the composer's death, the film was "arrested" by the KGB and Sokhurov hid a version of the film which was released in the 1990s. It must be stressed the film is not an A-Z of the composer's life - it does not mention "Lady Macbeth" nor the 13th Symphony (2 extremely important events in the composer's career). Perhaps these events could not be discussed in 1980 USSR. However it is a wonderful film and it's narrative reminded of Tarkovky's "The Mirror". I recommend this over the "Shostakovich against Stalin" documentary - Sokhurov has given us a masterpiece of filmaking on the subject of a great composer. I wish everyone could see this film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fine documentary about Shostakovich 3 Sep 2012
By Andres C. Salama
The films of Russia's Alexander Sokurov can be extremely opaque, but this documentary about famed composer Dmitri Shostakovich, made early in his film career, is straightforward and very rewarding (perhaps because this time he codirected with Semen Aranovich).

Made in 1980, early in Sokurov's career and just a few years after Shostakovich death, it was unreleased for a decade (though it is not clear why, since the movie in a large part shies away from dealing with the composer's problems with the authorities during Stalin's rule). It makes great use of documentary footage. A highlight of the movie is a recorded telephone conversation between Shostakovich (in his old age) and a conductor about the latter's performance of his works.
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