Shostakovich, composer and time (1981)

People in the Leningrad Philharmonic Hall.

The music of Shostakovich.

An office Shostakovich.

Chronicle: The performance of Shostakovich (sinhr.).

Photos of parents, the young musician, people that have known and worked Shostakovich, including GM Kozintsev, Meyerhold.

This conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky (sinhr.).

Newsreels of life accompanied by excerpts from the first, fifth, seventh, eighth, twelfth symphonies of Shostakovich, including meeting Chkalov, the epic "CHelyuskincev" smiling AG Stakhanov.

Conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky.

Siege of Leningrad.

Philharmonic Hall.

Execution 7th symphony of Shostakovich.

Conducted by Yuri Temirkanov.

Scenes from the opera "Katerina Ismailova."

Sounds of music and excerpts from the film "Counter".

Fragments of works by Shostakovich performed by soloists: Kogan, D. Oistrakh, E. Nesterenko.

The funeral procession at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.