The Noise of Time

Overview

The story follows the trajectory of the Russian composer’s life and career, beginning in 1936 when Shostakovich, aged 30, faces Stalin’s wrath after his opera is condemned. A stroke of luck prevents him from becoming a casualty of the Great Terror, and for decades he has to weigh appeasing those in power in Soviet Russia against the integrity of his music.

Directed by Jan Komasa

Top cast

August Diehl

Dimitri Shostakovich

Andrea Riseborough

Nina Shostakovich

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