Shostakovich: Stalins Composer? - WW2 Biography Special

Leningrads Dmitri Shostakovich has risen from a child prodigy to be one of the Soviet Unions most celebrated composers, having rescued his career from Stalins interference along the way. Desperate to defend Russia after the German invasion, he fights back, not with a rifle, but with music.

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: James Newman
Research by: James Newman
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński
Colorizations by:
- Mikołaj Uchman
- Olga Shirnina, a.k.a. Klimbim - https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
- Huydang2910 from Wikimedia Commons
- Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
- Dmitry Shostakovich Publishing House (DSCH)
- Rafail Mazelev / TASS photo chronicle
- Samara State Philharmonic
- St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich

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- Dawn Of Civilization - Jo Wandrini
- Deviation In Time - Johannes Bornlof

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