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.

• Beetz Brothers Film Production
• Markus Brandl
• Mercedes Müller
• Torsten Münchow
• Judith Neumann
• Tino Mewes
• Matthias Bundschuh
• Florian Fischer
• Elvinas Juodkazis