Film
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.
Overview
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.
Cast
- Markus BrandlFritz Fuchs
- Mercedes MüllerOlga Kvade
- Torsten MünchowAndrei Schdanow
- Judith NeumannAnna Fuchs
- Tino MewesWolfgang Buff
- Matthias BundschuhKarl Eliasberg
- Florian FischerNkwd Officer
- Elvinas JuodkazisMarine
