- BFI identifier453963
- Date1996 (Copyright)
- Production countryFrance, Switzerland, Finland, Hungary
- Production companyLes Films d'Ici, Imalyre, VTCOM France Télécom, La Sept ARTE, CAB Productions, Hansa Media, Hunnia Játekfilmstudió, Eurimages Conseil de l'Europe, L' Office Fédéral de la Culture Suisse du Département Fédéral de l'Intérieur, CNC - Centre national de la cinématographie, Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique, France Télécom, Ministère Français de la Culture, Documentary
- SynopsisFilm about a Russian one-act opera "Skripka Rothschilda" ("Rothschild's Violin") based on the short story of the same name by Chekhov. The opera was started by Benjamin Fleischmann before he was killed in World War II. Afterwards his teacher Dmitri Shostakovich completed and orchestrated the work but, since Fleischmann was a Jew the authories banned it after the first performance in 1968. The film is in three parts: the story of the relationship between pupil and teacher, Fleischmann and Shostakovich; a dramatisation of the opera, and a coda in which Shostakovich is transported to modern St Petersburg, and which reflects on the fate of the opera and Shostakovich's relationship with Jewish culture. (Synopsis)
- Subject
- Credits
- CastSergei Makovetsky (Dmitri Shostakovich)
Dainius Kazlauskas (Benjamin Fleischmann)
Miklós B. Székely (Bronze, opera performer)
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Title
Le VIOLON DE ROTHSCHILD (Original)
ROTHSCHILDIN VIULU (Alternative)
ROTHSCHILD'S VIOLIN (Alternative)
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