Leningrad Symphony (2017)
Original title: Leningrad Symphonie
August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an almost impossible task: to stage the premiere of Dimitri Shostakovitch's "Leningrad Symphony". The performance became a symbol of the brief triumph of culture over the barbarism of war.
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Matthias BundschuhKarl Eliasberg
Florian FischerNkwd OfficerElvinas JuodkazisMarine
Tino MewesWolfgang Buff
Anja AntonowiczNadeshda Boronnikowa
Markus BrandlFritz Fuchs
Mercedes MüllerOlga Kvade
Florian PanznerSchostakowitschLeon HogeJosef EiseltHendrik MassuteVater Kvade
Torsten MünchowAndrei SchdanowBenjamin MorikFeldwebelKeywords
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Genre affinityDrama · War · DocumentaryTheme affinityFamine · Wehrmacht · War CrimeDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWar · War CrimeDirector preference656613 · 917760Actor preference341261 · 195426 · 138835
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August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an almost impossible task: to stage the premiere of Dimitri Shostakovitch's "Leningrad Symphony". The performance became a symbol of the brief triumph of culture over the barbarism of war.