Rothschild's Violin (1996)
Original title: Скрипка Ротшильда
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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.
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Sergey MakovetskiyShostakovich
Dainius KazlauskasBenjamin Fleischmann
Tõnu KarkThe MinisterTarmo Männard
Székely B. MiklósBronzaMovie DNA
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What is Rothschild's Violin about?
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.
How long is Rothschild's Violin?
Rothschild's Violin has a runtime of 101 minutes.