Leningrad Symphony

Leningrad Symphony

Drama, Documentary, War | Nov. 3, 2017

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.

Leningrad Symphony

Drama, Documentary, War | Nov. 3, 2017

Leningrad Symphony
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.
Producers Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion
Original title Leningrad Symphonie
Directors Christian Frey, Carsten Gutschmidt
Writers Christian Frey

Cast

Markus Brandl

as Fritz Fuchs

Mercedes Müller

as Olga Kvade

Torsten Münchow

as Andrei Schdanow

Judith Neumann

as Anna Fuchs

Tino Mewes

as Wolfgang Buff

Matthias Bundschuh

as Karl Eliasberg

Florian Fischer

as Nkwd Officer

Elvinas Juodkazis

as Marine

Anja Antonowicz

as Nadeshda Boronnikowa

Florian Panzner

as Schostakowitsch

Leon Hoge

as Josef Eiselt

Hendrik Massute

as Vater Kvade

Benjamin Morik

as Feldwebel

Anthony Paul

as Landser

Elisa Posky

as Frau Schostakowitsch