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Rothschild's Violin

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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.

Release Date : 1996-12-18

Language :Russian

Adult : false

Status : Released

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Production Country : HungaryFranceFinlandSwitzerland

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Cast

Sergey Makovetskiy

Character Name : Shostakovich

Original Name : Сергей Маковецкий

Gender : Male

Dainius Kazlauskas

Character Name : Benjamin Fleischmann

Original Name : Dainius Kazlauskas

Gender : Male

Tõnu Kark

Character Name : The Minister

Original Name : Tõnu Kark

Gender : Male

Tarmo Männard

Character Name : Moishe Vainberg

Original Name : Tarmo Männard

Gender : Male

Tamara Solodovnikova

Character Name : Aunt Nadezhda

Original Name : Tamara Solodovnikova

Gender : Male

Kaljo Kiisk

Character Name :

Original Name : Kaljo Kiisk

Gender : Male

Epp Eespäev

Character Name : Mme Shostakovich

Original Name : Epp Eespäev

Gender : Female

Kirill Shigaev

Character Name : Maxim Shostakovich

Original Name : Kirill Shigaev

Gender : Male

Katariina Unt

Character Name :

Original Name : Katariina Unt

Gender : Female

Sulev Luik

Character Name :

Original Name : Sulev Luik

Gender : Male

Mari Törőcsik

Character Name : Marfa

Original Name : Mari Törőcsik

Gender : Female

Székely B. Miklós

Character Name : Bronza

Original Name : Székely B. Miklós

Gender : Male

Sándor Zsótér

Character Name : Rothschild

Original Name : Sándor Zsótér

Gender : Male

Ferenc Jávori

Character Name : Shakhes

Original Name : Ferenc Jávori

Gender : Male

Kirsi Mari Lepik

Character Name : Fleischmann's Daughter

Original Name : Kirsi Mari Lepik

Gender : Male

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