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1980 · 26 mins · Russian
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Directed by
Konstantin Lopushansky
Starring
Valentina Smirnova, Olga Volkova, Svetlana Smirnova, Nora Gryakalova, Gelena Ivlieva, Nikolay Grinko

Set during the WWII siege of Leningrad, Lopushansky’s second film follows a few crucial hours in the life of a soloist as the city’s philharmonic prepares to play Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony for a broadcast to England. Starving and frail like his fellow musicians, the soloist doubts whether his weakened body can deliver a proper performance.

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