Dmitri Shostakovich Movies

  • 1938
    The Defense of Volotchayevsk

    The Defense of Volotchayevsk

    The Defense of Volotchayevsk

    01938HD

    Japanese forces land in the port of Vladivostok during Russian civil war, supporting anti-communist forces, while local population joins Far Eastern...

    The Defense of Volotchayevsk
  • 1994
    Lou Didn’t Say No

    Lou Didn’t Say No

    Lou Didn’t Say No

    7.31994HD

    Moments and aspects of the life of a contemporary married couple undergoing a metamorphosis.

    Lou Didn’t Say No
  • 1981
    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola

    5.31981HD

    The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many...

    Dmitri Shostakovich. Sonata for Viola
  • 1997
    The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

    The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

    The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin

    4.81997HD

    1997 documentary film about Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich. It focuses on the period between 1936 and 1945, during which Shostakovich composed...

    The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin
  • 1970
    King Lear

    King Lear

    King Lear

    6.51970HD

    King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia,...

    King Lear
  • 1933
    The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

    The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

    The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda

    41933HD

    A mostly lost Soviet Union stop-motion version of this classic fairytale. The only surviving scene is called "Market".

    The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda
  • 1965
    Year as Long as Life

    Year as Long as Life

    Year as Long as Life

    41965HD

    The film takes place in Europe in the 19th century. The film shows the popular uprisings that took place there, as well as the search for truth and...

    Year as Long as Life
  • 1984
    Parade of the Planets

    Parade of the Planets

    Parade of the Planets

    5.31984HD

    A rare astronomical phenomenon — the parade of planets — has a strange effect on several men. The heroes of the film — an...

    Parade of the Planets
  • 1966
    Little Tragedies

    Little Tragedies

    Little Tragedies

    01966HD

    Leningrad State Drama Theatre's staging of Pushkin's three "Little Tragedies": The Covetous Knight, The Stone Guest, Mozart and Salieri

    Little Tragedies
  • 1997
    Sky. Last Dream

    Sky. Last Dream

    Sky. Last Dream

    01997HD

    Soviet film reels were found in an abandoned cinema and decided to be projected onto a white screen like a slide film.

    Sky. Last Dream
  • 1931
    Alone

    Alone

    Alone

    5.21931HD

    A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.

    Alone
  • 1959
    Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

    Khovanshchina

    5.41959HD

    Modest Mussorgsky's final opera, left unfinished at the time of this death in March of 1881.

    Khovanshchina
  • 1935
    The Youth of Maxim

    The Youth of Maxim

    The Youth of Maxim

    51935HD

    A 1935 USA trade-paper reviewer called it... "an impressive and technically outstanding historical drama dealing with czarist terrorism and...

    The Youth of Maxim
  • 1939
    Friends

    Friends

    Friends

    51939HD

    The Soviet classic based on the biography of one of the main October Revolution leaders - Sergey Kirov.

    Friends
  • 1981
    Flower Music

    Flower Music

    Flower Music

    01981HD

    A picturesque sketch of flowers.

    Flower Music
  • 1937
    The Return of Maxim

    The Return of Maxim

    The Return of Maxim

    51937HD

    The second part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. In July 1914, the Bolsheviks and Mensehviks compete for representation of...

    The Return of Maxim
  • 1969
    Сыны отечества

    Сыны отечества

    Сыны отечества

    71969HD

    Сыны отечества
  • 1953
    Belinsky

    Belinsky

    Belinsky

    5.21953HD

    A biopic based on the life of Russian literary critic Vissarion Belinsky (1811–1848). The production of the film was completed in 1951, but it...

    Belinsky
  • 1981
    You Should Survive

    You Should Survive

    You Should Survive

    11981HD

    1945, an attack aviation regiment is based at the field airfield, which is served by a team of young girls. The last days of the war are coming... In...

    You Should Survive
  • 1985
    Ninth January

    Ninth January

    Ninth January

    01985HD

    About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.

    Ninth January