---
title: 'Testimony (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tony Palmer'
released: '1987-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/testimony-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096250/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Testimony (1987)

1987 · 157 min · Drama, History, Music · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Testimony is a 1987 British independent musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens. The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book Testimony and filmed in Panavision.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tony Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-palmer)
- **Screenplay:** [Tony Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-palmer), [David Rudkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-rudkin)
- **Editor:** [Tony Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-palmer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dmitri Shostakovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitri-shostakovich)
- **Producer:** [Michael David Kustow](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-david-kustow)
- **Director of Photography:** [Nic Knowland](https://cinepixo.com/people/nic-knowland)

## Cast

- [Ben Kingsley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-kingsley)
- [Peter Woodthorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-woodthorpe)
- [Murray Melvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-melvin)
- [David Sharpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-sharpe)
- [Liza Goddard](https://cinepixo.com/people/liza-goddard)
- [Chris Barrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-barrie)
- [John Shrapnel](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-shrapnel)
- [Vernon Dobtcheff](https://cinepixo.com/people/vernon-dobtcheff)
- [Robert Urquhart](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-urquhart)
- [Robert Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stephens)
- [William Squire](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-squire)

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Official site: http://www.digitalclassicsdvd.co.uk/product.asp?ProductID=891
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/testimony-1987
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