Rothschild's Violin

PG-13

December 1996

Drama

1938: 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.

Runtime:

1 hour 41 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

Budget:

N/A

Revenue:

N/A

Director:

Edgardo Cozarinsky