

August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an almost impossible task: to stage the premiere of Dimitri Shostakovitch's "Leningrad Symphony". The performance became a symbol of the brief triumph of culture over the barbarism of war.

Florian Fischer
Nkwd Officer

Elvinas Juodkazis
Marine

Anja Antonowicz
Nadeshda Boronnikowa

Florian Panzner
Schostakowitsch

Leon Hoge
Josef Eiselt

Hendrik Massute
Vater Kvade

Benjamin Morik
Feldwebel

Anthony Paul
Landser

Elisa Posky
Frau Schostakowitsch