
Above All Else
1988, Russian. Directed by Boris Buneev.
He chose to serve music, not the tsar.
The life of a great 19th century Russian composer and conductor of choral music.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 1 September 1988
- Original title
- Сильнее всех иных велений
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Written by
- Yuriy Nagibin
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Above All Else runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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Above All Else isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1988. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
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Who directed Above All Else?
Above All Else (1988) was directed by Boris Buneev and stars Dmitriy Zolotukhin, Anna Aleksakhina, Svetlana Ryabova.