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Dmitry Shostakovich, one of the greatest composers of 20th century remains one of its biggest mysteries. The nine chapters of this film depict nine days of his last round-trip journey: a trip on a Soviet ocean liner to the United States. Never-before-seen biographical archive fragments - newsreel footage, photographs, letters, and personal memoirs- provide a unique perspective on issues of the artist versus the State, and truth versus survival. In contrasting official truth with personal truth, the film offers insight into the mystery of how Shostakovich was able to penetrate, through his music, the iron curtain and deeply affect western audiences. Shostakovich's music, full of dark sarcasm and glory, lyricism and sorrow, laughter and melancholy, plays the leading part throughout the film.

Russia - 2006 - 1 h 15 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour and B&W

Director Oksana Dvornichenko, Helga Landauer Writer Oksana Dvornichenko, Helga Landauer Camera Yuliy Olshvang Sound Galina Siver Editing Alexander Sokin, Vladimir Samorodov

Production Horovod, Selikohoziajstvennaya st. 8, 129226 Moscou, Russie Tél : +8 916 846 33 53 E-mail : oksanadv@mtu-net.ru Co-Production Turnstyle TV

Sales Turnstyle TV, 330 Wythe avenue 8D, 11211 Brooklyn, New-York, Etats-Unis d'Amérique Tél : +1 646 752 1494 E-mail : darya@turnstyle.tv