Filmmaker Bruno Monsaingeon has long harboured a passion for Russia and its excellent musicians (see his numerous films on Oistrakh and his masterpiece on Richter). Now, with the RED BATON, he delves into the heartache of daily musical life under the Soviets in a film in which Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky describes the political situation of his musician and composer colleagues during the darkest days of the Communist regime. See Catalogue entry
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