Shostakovich was a bit of a rebel ... If the police came to get him, he wanted to be ready to go without disturbing his family! He also kept a locked drawer full of compositions that he knew ...

Following his death, the government of the USSR issued the following summary of Shostakovich’s work, drawing attention to a ‘remarkable example of fidelity to the traditions of musical classicism, and ...

The film recounts the life of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich from the perspective ... The director meets and interviews family members and companions of the composer, such as Mstislav Rostropovich.