Above All Else He chose to serve music, not the tsar. The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music. Details Casts Posters Title Above All Else Release Date 1988-09-01 Runtime 01 Hours 40 Minutes Genres Drama History Production Companies Gorky Film Studios Production Countries Soviet Union Dmitriy Zolotukhin... ... Anna Aleksakhina... ... Svetlana Ryabova... ... Kirill Kozakov... ... Georgy Vysotsky... ... Igor Yasulovich... ... Andrey Myagkov... ... Aleksandr Parra... ... Olegar Fedoro... ... Luiza Mosendz... ... Vladimir Kuleshov... мистер Кордуэ... Oksana Fomichyova... ... Original Size (500x750)