Rothschild's Violin
Movie
7.01938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". Jewish motifs enter Shostakovich's own work.
Cast
Sergey Makovetskiy
Shostakovich
Dainius Kazlauskas
Benjamin Fleischmann
Tõnu Kark
The Minister
Tarmo Männard
Moishe Vainberg
Tamara Solodovnikova
Aunt Nadezhda
Kaljo Kiisk
Epp Eespäev
Mme Shostakovich
Kirill Shigaev
Maxim Shostakovich
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Rothschild's Violin
Movie
7.01938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". Jewish motifs enter Shostakovich's own work.
Cast
Sergey Makovetskiy
Shostakovich
Dainius Kazlauskas
Benjamin Fleischmann
Tõnu Kark
The Minister
Tarmo Männard
Moishe Vainberg
Tamara Solodovnikova
Aunt Nadezhda
Kaljo Kiisk
Epp Eespäev
Mme Shostakovich
Kirill Shigaev
Maxim Shostakovich
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A Christmas Tale
Movie / 2008
Parasite
Movie / 2019
1917
Movie / 2019
Zombieland
Movie / 2009
Rear Window
Movie / 1954
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie / 2018
Fight Club
Movie / 1999
Whiplash
Movie / 2014
Joker
Movie / 2019
Suicide Squad
Movie / 2016
Holidate
Movie / 2020
Inception
Movie / 2010
The Green Mile
Movie / 1999
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
Movie / 2025
La La Land
Movie / 2016
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Movie / 2023
Superman
Movie / 2025
Grease
Movie / 1978
Saint Maud
Movie / 2020
Big Fish
Movie / 2003