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Cherry Town / music, Shostakovich ; libretto and screenplay, Vladimir Mass and Mikahil Chervinsky ; director, Gerbert Rappaport.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoLondon, England : Decca Music Group, 2007, 1963.
Description1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Motion picture music.
Musicals.
Other author/creatorRappaport, Herbert, director.
Other author/creatorSchildknecht, L., costume designer.
Other author/creatorBoyarsky, K., choreographer.
Other author/creatorZabotkina, O. (Olga), performer.
Other author/creatorVasilʹev, Vladimir Viktorovich, 1940- performer.
Other author/creatorKhotunt︠s︡eva, M. (Marina), performer.
Other author/creatorBortnikov, Grigori, performer.
Other author/creatorZhivankova, S. (Svetlana), performer.
Other author/creatorZemli︠a︡nikin, V. (Vladimir), 1933- performer.
Other author/creatorRabinovich, N. conductor.
Included WorkShostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Moskva, Cheremushki.
Other author/creatorLeningradskai︠a︡ gosudarstvennai︠a︡ filarmonii︠a︡.
Other author/creatorDecca Record Company.
Other title Cheryomushki
Abstract Motion picture version of Shostakovich's stage musical, a gentle satire on the lives and aspirations of young Soviets. Follows the on and off romances of three young couples as they battle bureaucracy, petty corruption, and complications to acquire apartments in Cherry Town, a new showcase estate in suburban Moscow.
General note"The original 1963 film of the musical"
General noteAuthor of screenplay Vladimir Mass and Mikhail Chervinskii.
General noteSung in Russian; with optional Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish subtitles.
General noteSpecial features: Shostakovich chronology; excerpts from: Katerina Izmailova, Shostakovich against Stalin.
General noteProgram notes in English, French and German (26 p. : port.) in container.
CreditsDirected by Gerbert Rappaport, costume design by L. Schildknecht, choreography by K. Boyarsky.
Performer Olga Zabotkina, Vladimir Vasilyev, Marina Khotuntseva, Grigori Bortnikov, Svetlana Zhivankova, Vladimir Zemlyanikin ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra ; Nikolai Rabinovich, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1963.
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formFiction films.
Publisher number074 3138 Decca

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