Lady Macbeth von Mzensk
- Synopsis
- Produced for German television station ZDF, director Petr Weigl’s screen interpretation of Shostakovich’s opera is based on an abbreviated version of the Rostropovich/Vishnevskaya recording with the London Philharmonic that is used as the soundtrack for the operatic film, with lip-synching Czech performers providing the visual dimension.
- Language
- Russian
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Television; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1999
- Notes
- Commercially available on DVD (produced by Image Entertainment in 1999).
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Credits
- Director
- Petr Weigl
- Writer
- Alexander Preis; Nikolai Leskov
- Music
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Contributor
- Mstislav Rostropovich
- Cast
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
ZDF
- Notes
- See: Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
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