Watch Rothschild's Violin (1996) Official Trailer
7 / 10 IMDb December 18, 1996 1h 41m
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
Runtime
1h 41m
Release Date
December 18, 1996
Genre
Drama
Status
Released
Languages
Russian
Country
Hungary, France, Finland, Switzerland
Writers
Cast
Sergey Makovetskiy
as Shostakovich
Dainius Kazlauskas
as Benjamin Fleischmann
Tõnu Kark
as The Minister
Tarmo Männard
as Moishe Vainberg
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Tamara Solodovnikova
as Aunt Nadezhda
Kaljo Kiisk
Epp Eespäev
as Mme Shostakovich
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Kirill Shigaev
as Maxim Shostakovich
Katariina Unt
Sulev Luik
Mari Törőcsik
as Marfa
Székely B. Miklós
as Bronza
Sándor Zsótér
as Rothschild
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Ferenc Jávori
as Shakhes
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Kirsi Mari Lepik
as Fleischmann's Daughter
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