Eroica (1949)

Director:

Walter Kolm-Veltée

Writers:

Walter Kolm-Veltée (screenplay), Franz Tassié (dialogue adaptation)

Stars:

Ewald Balser, Marianne Schönauer, Judith Holzmeister

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewald Balser	...	Ludwig van Beethoven
Marianne Schönauer	...	Therese von Brunswik
Judith Holzmeister	...	Giulietta Guicciardi
Oskar Werner	...	Karl
Dagny Servaes	...	Karls Mutter
Iván Petrovich	...	Fürst Lichnovsky
Ludmilla Hell	...	Fürstin Lichnovsky
Auguste Pünkösdy	...	Beethovens Haushälterin
Alfred Neugebauer	...	Domorganist Albrechtsberger
Hans Kraßnitzer	...	Amenda
Karl Günther	...	Landarzt (as Carl Günther)
Gustav Waldau	...	Landpfarrer
Richard Eybner	...	Schuppanzigh
Erik Frey	...	1. französischer Offizier
Franz Pfaudler	...	Theaterdirektor

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

piano | vienna austria | composer | beethoven

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

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Details

Country:

Austria

Language:

German

Release Date:

27 October 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Eroïca

Company Credits

Production Co:

Neue Wiener Filmproduktion, Wiener Kunstfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Ninth (2004)

User Reviews

definitive biopic of Beethoven

This Austrian movie is the biography that Beethoven deserves to have. The recent "Immortal Beloved" was a travesty both of Beethoven himself and of the facts of his life, and a travesty of film-making. Being Austrian and the leading role being performed by one of the most distinguished actors of his day, this movie is also probably closer to what the man Beethoven himself was like. The story is good. The selection of the music was apt, and the performances of the music were stirring.

This movie was shown so many times in this country that the pictures became ratty and the sound track scratchy and irritating. I suppose it is too much to hope that the Austrians who made this film will restore the pictures and have the music re-recorded in 5.1; but that is what this movie merits. And it is what the world deserves to see.