Dmitri Shostakovich Movies

A movie concert filmed at the Mosfilm studio in 1940 with the participation of leading soloists and musical groups of the Soviet Union.

“The Magic Beam” is a film essay woven together from newsreels and documentary material from different decades, fragments of hundreds of...

The final part of trilogy about the life of a young factory worker, Maxim. Following the Russian Revolution, Maksim is appointed state commissar in...

The life and work of the great Russian composer Dmitriy Shostakovich is presented in this documentary through rare images and audios from many...

An unnamed man is stuck in a dream and soon things break apart as he realizes he's stuck inside that dream forever

An old man reflects on his entire life. How quickly it all goes by.

About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.

A young teacher is sent to a remote province, separating her from her lover, and sets about the difficult task of building a school there.

The film is about the monument erected with the participation of M. Anikushin in honor of the heroic 900-day defense of Leningrad.

Shostakovich’s satirical opera adapted from the classic short story by Nikolai Gogol. Baritone Eduard Akimov leads the cast as Kovalyov, the...

A mouse sings a lullaby to her baby. Since he doesn't want to fall asleep, she turns to her neighbors for help.

A short film made by Yuri Norstein for the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution, The 25th - the First Day recounts that day using art from the...

Soviet film reels were found in an abandoned cinema and decided to be projected onto a white screen like a slide film.

In 1931 Shostakovich wrote a full-length score for the Leningrad Music Hall, for a show that involved many of the leading entertainers of the day, as...

A picturesque sketch of flowers.

The above narrative, by Simone Weil, the French philosopher and mystic, was written into her last notebook. The places filmed show where she lived...

Between Russia and the USA, an enchanting concert in summery tones, led by young Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski and South African soprano Golda...

The documentary tells about the feat of Leningrad residents, the work of architects and mountaineers, the masking of the city and the preservation of...