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Above All Else

Above All Else

He chose to serve music, not the tsar.

1988 1h 40mDramaHistory

The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music.

4.0/5

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Synopsis

The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music.

Behind it

Boris BuneevBoris BuneevDirectorYuriy NagibinYuriy NagibinWriterAleksandr GaribyanAleksandr GaribyanCinematography

Cast

Dmitriy ZolotukhinDmitriy ZolotukhinAnna AleksakhinaAnna AleksakhinaSvetlana RyabovaSvetlana RyabovaKirill KozakovKirill KozakovGeorgy VysotskyIgor YasulovichIgor YasulovichAndrey MyagkovAndrey MyagkovAleksandr ParraAleksandr ParraOlegar FedoroOlegar FedoroLuiza MosendzLuiza MosendzVladimir KuleshovVladimir Kuleshovмистер КордуэллOksana FomichyovaOksana FomichyovaYuri Bogdanov

Director

Boris Buneev

Writer

Yuriy Nagibin

Release date

1 Sept 1988

Runtime

1h 40m

Studio

Gorky Film Studios

Language

Russian

Country

Soviet Union

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