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Rothschild's Violin
70%
Movie
1h 41m
AI Analysis
Rothschild's Violin (1996) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Rothschild's Violin (1996) — a movie tagged as Drama with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~101 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Rothschild's Violin 70% (2 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Rothschild's Violin is a film worth prioritising when you want something with solid community ratings — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
70%
from 2 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes the orchestration, but in 1948 is advised to suppress the opera, during Stalin's campaign against "rootless cosmopolitans". Jewish motifs enter Shostakovich's own work.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1996-12-18
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- TMDB rating
- 7.0
- TMDB ID
- 479142
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What is Rothschild's Violin about?
1938: Shostakovich encourages his pupil Fleischmann to write an opera based on the Chekhov story 'Rothschild's violin'. Fleischmann is killed during the siege of Leningrad. Shostakovich completes t... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Rothschild's Violin?
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How long is the movie Rothschild's Violin?
The official runtime for Rothschild's Violin is approximately 101 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Sergey Makovetskiy
Shostakovich
Dainius Kazlauskas
Benjamin Fleischmann
Tõnu Kark
The Minister
Tarmo Männard
Moishe Vainberg
- T
Tamara Solodovnikova
Aunt Nadezhda
Kaljo Kiisk
Epp Eespäev
Mme Shostakovich
- K
Kirill Shigaev
Maxim Shostakovich
Katariina Unt
Sulev Luik
Mari Törőcsik
Marfa
Székely B. Miklós
Bronza
Sándor Zsótér
Rothschild
- F
Ferenc Jávori
Shakhes
- K
Kirsi Mari Lepik
Fleischmann's Daughter
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