August 1942: Amidst the unimaginable suffering inflicted during the blockade of Leningrad by the German Wehrmacht, an orchestra director was given an almost impossible task: to stage the premiere of Dimitri Shostakovitch's "Leningrad Symphony". The performance became a symbol of the brief triumph of culture over the barbarism of war.
Markus Brandl
as Fritz Fuchs
Mercedes Müller
as Olga Kvade
Torsten Münchow
as Andrei Schdanow
Judith Neumann
as Anna Fuchs
Tino Mewes
as Wolfgang Buff
Matthias Bundschuh
as Karl Eliasberg
Florian Fischer
as Nkwd Officer
Elvinas Juodkazis
as Marine
Anja Antonowicz
as Nadeshda Boronnikowa
Florian Panzner
as Schostakowitsch
Leon Hoge
as Josef Eiselt
Hendrik Massute
as Vater Kvade
