Anatolij Ugorski, exiled Leningrad pianist, travels three hours daily from his high rise public housing estate in East Berlin to the home of Irene Dische in the center of West Berlin where he has been offered a piano to practise on. He does not complain about the long trip. He did not complain when Soviet censorship crushed his highly promising career in 1968.
Through each wave of professional censorship and anti-semitism Anatolij Ugorski seems to come out stronger. Indeed, since the shooting of this unrepeatable document, Ugorski has signed with a major international recording company, gives showcase concerts throughout the world and holds the position of professor at the Detmold music academy.
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