Seventh Symphony

A harrowing, slow-burn chronicle of artists fighting to create meaning amid starvation and siege, emotionally devastating yet quietly triumphant.

Created by

Alexander Kott

Genres

Drama, War & politics

Starring

Sergei Plotnikov, Aleksey Guskov, Aleksei Kravchenko

Overview

Leningrad, spring 1942. After the first winter of the siege, the conductor of the Grand Symphony Orchestra of the Radio Committee receives an important government task — to perform Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 in the besieged city. It seems impossible — there are only a few musicians left of the orchestra: someone died of hunger, someone went to the front, and someone went missing. But the concert must take place and thunder all over the world, so that both friends and enemies can hear: "Leningrad is alive!" NKVD officer Anatoly Seregin was seconded to help the orchestra's leader Karl Eliasberg.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Survival, art, war, isolation

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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