Testimony (1988)

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NR | 2 hr 37 mins | Biopic, Music | Released: 1/1/1988

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Synopsis:

The life of composer Dimitri Shostakovich and his relationship with Stalin.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1988

Director	Credit
Tony Palmer	Director
Cast	Credit
Ben Kingsley	Dimitri Shostakovich
Sherry Baines	Nina Shostakovich
Magdalen Asquith	Galya
Marc Asquith	Maksim
Terence Rigby	Stalin
Ronald Pickup	Tukhachevksy
John Shrapnel	Zhadanov
Robert Reynolds	Brutus
Vernon Dobtcheff	Gargolovsky
Colin Hurst	Stalin's Secretary
Joyce Grundy	Stalin's Mother
Mark Thrippleton	Young Stalin
Liza Goddard	English Humanist
Peter Woodthorpe	Glazunov
Robert Stephens	Meyerhold
William Squire	Khachaturyan
Murray Melvin	Film Editor
Robert Urquhart	Journalist
Christopher Bramwell	Vanya
Brook Williams	H G Wells
Marita Phillips	Madame Lupinskaya
Frank Carson	Carnival Fat Man
Chris Barrie	Carnival Thin Man
Mitzi Mueller	Nun
Tracy Spence	Tsvetayeva
Dorota Rai	Akhmatova
Ed Bishop	American Commentator
Andrew Brittain	Malko
Curly Carter	Cross-Eyed Man
Rosemary Chamney	Concierge
Jane Cox	Widow
Chris D'Bray	Dorian Gray
Val Elliot	French Schoolmarm
Peter Faulkner	Mayakovsky
Margaret Fingerhut	Christian Woman
Nicholas Fry	Maxim--Age 37
Igor Gridneff	Blind Man
Rodney Litchfield	Sherlock Holmes
Van Martin	German Humanist
Bronco McLoughlin	Cossack
Rowena Parr	Galya--Age 39
The Panda Jazz	Scarlet/Green
David Sharpe	Mandelstam
Julian Stanley	Andre Gide
Production Credits	Credit
Maureen Murray	Associate Producer
Tony Palmer	Producer
Grahame Jennings	Executive Producer
Michael Henry	Executive Producer
Michael Kustow	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Isolde Films	Production Company
Mandemar Group	Production Company
Channel Four Productions	Production Company
ORF	Production Company
Netherlands Programme Stichting	Production Company
Danmarks Radio TV	Production Company
Sveriges TV1	Production Company
NRK	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Cooperative du Nouveau Cinema	Theatrical Distributor
Enterprise Pictures Ltd	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Isolde Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
European Classics	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Wigan, England, United Kingdom
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
David Rudkin	Screenplay
Tony Palmer	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Tony Palmer	Production Designer
Paul Templeman	Art Director - art direction
Chris Bradley	Art Director - art direction
Chris Browning	Art Director - art direction
Film Camera	Credit
Daniel Meadows	Photography - stills
Nic Knowland	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Overview Films Ltd	Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Dimitri Shostakovich	Music
Yuzuko Horigome	Music Performer
Rudolf Barshai	Music Conductor
John Shirley-Quirk	Music Performer
Yevgeny Svetlanov	Music Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Music
Golden Age Singers	Music Performer
Karel Ancerl	Music Conductor
David Nolan	Music - music leader
Felicity Palmer	Music Performer - aria performer
Kiril Kondrashin	Music Conductor
Frederic Chopin	Music
Wing Commander R E C Davies	Music Conductor
The Chilingirian Quartet	Music Performer
Gareth Watson	Music - music recording
Chris Tyrer	Music - music recording
Margaret Fingerhut	Music Performer
London Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer
Martin Tranter	Music - music recording
USSR Symphony Orchestra	Music Performer
Terry Caines	Music - music recording
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra	Music Performer
Central Band of the RAF	Music Performer
Production Management	Credit
Sally Griffiths	Continuity
Gladys Pearce	Unit Production Manager
Melloney Roffe	Location Manager
Andrew Montgomery	Assistant Director
Christopher Hall	Assistant Director
Jill Marshall	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
John Lundsten	Sound - sound recording mixer
Martin Morgan	Sound Editor
Ian Maclagan	Sound - sound recording mixer
Beth Solomon	Sound Editor
David Bimson	Sound - sound recording mixer
Alan Dykes	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Tony Martin	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Lee Philpott	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Graham Ackroyd	Sound - sound rerecording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Laurie Warburton	Visual Effects - models
Peter Haley-Remmers	Special Effects
Kevin Hingston	Special Effects
Nick Doff	Special Effects
Damon Heath	Special Effects
Phil Stokes	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Penny Smith	Makeup
Wendy Rawson	Hair - hairstyles
John Hibbs	Costume Designer
Jo Korer	Costumes
Simon Murray	Wardrobe

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