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
Character Name : Shostakovich
Original Name : Сергей Маковецкий
Gender : Male
Character Name : Benjamin Fleischmann
Original Name : Dainius Kazlauskas
Gender : Male
Character Name : The Minister
Original Name : Tõnu Kark
Gender : Male
Character Name : Moishe Vainberg
Original Name : Tarmo Männard
Gender : Male
Character Name : Aunt Nadezhda
Original Name : Tamara Solodovnikova
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Kaljo Kiisk
Gender : Male
Character Name : Mme Shostakovich
Original Name : Epp Eespäev
Gender : Female
Character Name : Maxim Shostakovich
Original Name : Kirill Shigaev
Gender : Male
Character Name :
Original Name : Katariina Unt
Gender : Female
Character Name :
Original Name : Sulev Luik
Gender : Male
Character Name : Marfa
Original Name : Mari Törőcsik
Gender : Female
Character Name : Bronza
Original Name : Székely B. Miklós
Gender : Male
Character Name : Rothschild
Original Name : Sándor Zsótér
Gender : Male
Character Name : Shakhes
Original Name : Ferenc Jávori
Gender : Male
Character Name : Fleischmann's Daughter
Original Name : Kirsi Mari Lepik
Gender : Male
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