Synopsis

Rostropovich, who had already achieved international recognition in the 1950s, was forced to flee his country in 1972. He defended Solzhenitsyn who was expelled from the USSR. Deprived from of his citizenship by the Soviet authorities, Rostropovich settled in Paris and Washington. To tell this extraordinary story, this film gathers rare archives and new testimonies from his daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich, and friends, Natalia and Ignat Solzhenitsyn and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky.

감독

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  • 브뤼노 몽생종
  • 파리를 근거지로 바이올리니스트로도 활동 중인 브뤼노 몽생종은 지난 40여 년 동안 클래식 음악 다큐멘터리를 만들어왔다. 그는 나디아 불랑제, 예후디 메뉴인, 글렌 굴드, 스비아토슬라브 리히터, 다비드 오이스트라흐 등 세계적인 연주자들에 대한 다큐멘터리를 만들었으며, 8권의 저서가 있다.​