Hypothetically Murdered
Synopsis
In 1931 Shostakovich wrote a full-length score for the Leningrad Music Hall, for a show that involved many of the leading entertainers of the day, as well as dancing girls, a jazz band, a dancing dog, sequences of silent film, simulated air-raids and gas attacks, a lorry, a storm, waiters and waitresses in a luxury restaurant, river nymphs and even a scene in Heaven with the Devil, the Twelve Apostles, the Archangel Gabriel and all the other angels doing a blasphemous knees-up. The show was naturally a momentary scandal and the score soon disappeared. In 1991 Gerard McBurney reconstructed from the surviving sketches a sequence of 21 of the orchestral numbers to make a hilarious sequence of gallops, saucy polkas, marches and schmoozy waltzes.
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- Director
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- Original Score
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Original Title
- Hypothetically Murdered
- Country of Origin
- Russia
- Spoken Languages
- English
- Runtime
- 51m
- Production Studios
- Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Dmitri Shostakovich
Oleg Levenkov
Department Leadership Roster
Oleg Levenkov
Producer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Original Music Composer
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What is Hypothetically Murdered about?
In 1931 Shostakovich wrote a full-length score for the Leningrad Music Hall, for a show that involved many of the leading entertainers of the day, as well as dancing girls, a jazz band, a dancing dog, sequences of silent film, simulated air-raids and gas attacks, a lorry, a storm, waiters and waitresses in a luxury restaurant, river nymphs and even a scene in Heaven with the Devil, the Twelve Apostles, the Archangel Gabriel and all the other angels doing a blasphemous knees-up. The show was naturally a momentary scandal and the score soon disappeared. In 1991 Gerard McBurney reconstructed from the surviving sketches a sequence of 21 of the orchestral numbers to make a hilarious sequence of gallops, saucy polkas, marches and schmoozy waltzes.
Who directed Hypothetically Murdered?
Hypothetically Murdered was directed by Not specified.
Who stars in Hypothetically Murdered?
The principal cast of Hypothetically Murdered includes Natalia de Froberville, Artyom Mishakov, Sergei Mershin, German Starikov, Anna Pushvintseva-Poistogova.
When was Hypothetically Murdered released and how long is it?
Hypothetically Murdered was released in 2015 with a total runtime of 51m.
Who composed the musical score for Hypothetically Murdered?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Hypothetically Murdered was composed by Dmitri Shostakovich.