The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin was released on January 1, 1997.

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin was directed by Larry Weinstein.

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin has a runtime of 77m.

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin was produced by Niv Fichman.

During the Interwar period and World War Two, Joseph Stalin dictated the Soviet Union in a bloody manner. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich couldn't agree at all with the policies that the tyrant used, but speaking out loud was impossible. It would have cost him his life. Shostakovich found another way: art. This documentary shows how Shostakovich used his Fourth to Ninth Symphony as a silent protest against the crimes of Stalin.

The key characters in The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin are (archival footage) (Dmitri Shostakovich), Self, conductor (Valery Gergiev).

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin is a Documentary, Biography, Music film.

The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.