Rothschild's Violin
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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.
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Cast
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Sergey Makovetskiy
Shostakovich
Known for
12
Of Freaks and Men
Dainius Kazlauskas
Benjamin Fleischmann
Known for
Attila
Sobibor
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Martine Bouquin
Károly Fehér
Tõnu Kark
The Minister
Known for
Lilya 4-ever
Screwed in Tallinn: A Small Film About Loneliness
Jacques Bouquin
Tamás Hutlassa
Tarmo Männard
Moishe Vainberg
Also in
Melchior the Apothecary: The Ghost
Ta-ram, ta-ram
Serge Lalou
Tamara Solodovnikova
Aunt Nadezhda
No other roles listed
Kaljo Kiisk
Also in
Death Under Sail
The Old Thomas was Stolen
Edgardo Cozarinsky Director · Jacques Bouquin Cinematographer Martine Bouquin Editor
First release December 18, 1996 · Produced in Hungary, France, Finland, Switzerland · Production Hunnia Filmgyár, La Sept-Arte
Production
CAB Productions
Production
Hunnia Filmgyár
Production
La Sept-Arte
Production
Hungary · France · Finland · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Скрипка Ротшильда
Original language
Russian
Spoken on screen
Russian
Release dates
France · December 18, 1996
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
November 15, 1997 · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Portugal
June 19, 1997
United Kingdom
February 20, 1998
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