The motion picture tells a story of the underground struggle of Italian patriots against the Austrian invaders for independence of their homeland. Against the background of these events is a tragic story of a man transformed from a pure heart and an enthusiastic young man to an ruthless revolutionary - the legendary and elusive Gadfly.
| Librettist | (Music to the film "The Gadfly" directed by Aleksandr Fajntsimmer based on the novel "The Gadfly" by Ethel Lilian Voynich.) |
| Date of composition | 1955 |
| Type | Film score |
| Catalogue | Op. 97 |
| Instruments | Orchestra |
| Arrangements |
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Dmitri Shostakovitch: Spanish dance, from The Gadfly, Op. 97b
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| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: The Gadfly, Op. 97 Dmitrij Šostakovič: The Gadfly, Op. 97 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: The Gadfly, Op. 97 |