Leningrad Symphony (film)

Leningrad Symphony
Russian: Ленинградская симфония
Directed by Zakhar Agranenko
Written by Zakhar Agranenko
Produced by D. Tambiyeva
Starring
Cinematography Emil Gulidov
Edited by Tatyana Likhachyova
Music by
Production
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Release date
  • 1957
Running time
92 minutes
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

Leningrad Symphony (Russian: Ленинградская симфония, romanizedLeningradskaya simfoniya) is a 1957 drama film directed by Zakhar Agranenko.

Plot

In the summer of 1942, Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was brought to the Radio House, but the orchestra didn't have enough musicians to perform it. However, on August 9, when Hitler planned to seize Leningrad, people heard the Symphony live. This film is a depiction of the events leading up to the day of the historic performance, which was broadcast nationwide all over the Soviet Union on radio, and led up to the smash success of the work at home and abroad.

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