Rothschild's Violin (1996)
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.
Director: Edgardo Cozarinsky
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Sergey Makovetskiy as Shostakovich |
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Dainius Kazlauskas as Benjamin Fleischmann |
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Tõnu Kark as The Minister |
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Tarmo Männard as Moishe Vainberg |
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Tamara Solodovnikova as Aunt Nadezhda |
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Kaljo Kiisk as |
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Epp Eespäev as Mme Shostakovich |
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Kirill Shigaev as Maxim Shostakovich |
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Katariina Unt as |
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Sulev Luik as |
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Mari Törőcsik as Marfa |
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Székely B. Miklós as Bronza |
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Sándor Zsótér as Rothschild |
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Ferenc Jávori as Shakhes |
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Kirsi Mari Lepik as Fleischmann's Daughter |
| Directing | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Director |
| Writing | Edgardo Cozarinsky | Writer |
| Art | Margus Õunapuu | Assistant Art Director |
| Editing | Martine Bouquin | Editor |
| Camera | Jacques Bouquin | Director of Photography |
