The Magnificent Rebel: Part 1 (18 Nov. 1962)
"Disneyland" The Magnificent Rebel: Part 1 (original title)

Director:

Georg Tressler

Writer:

Joan Scott

Stars:

Karlheinz Böhm, Peter Arens, Gabriele Barth

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Karlheinz Böhm	...	Ludwig van Beethoven (as Karl Boehm)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Peter Arens	...	Karl Amenda
Gabriele Barth	...	Landlord's Daughter
Bruno Dallansky	...	Schuppanzigh
Ivan Desny	...	Prince Lichnowsky
Walt Disney	...	Himself - Host
Erik Frey	...	Count Guicciardi
Oliver Grimm	...	Blind Boy
Ernst Nadherny	...	Franz Josef Haydn
Giulia Rubini	...	Countess Giulietta
Guido Wieland	...	Landlord
Erich Winn	...	French Colonel

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

family relationships | composer

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Genres:

Adventure | Biography | Drama | Family | Western

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Details

Country:

USA Austria

Language:

English German

Release Date:

18 November 1962 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Because of the blacklist in Hollywood, the writer of the film, Joan Scott, had to use the name "Joanne Court," as a pseudonym.

User Reviews

average all the way

Although this film is pretty average, with not much excitement, it still has some good virtues like the performance of boehm as beethoven, the music, and the film looks great as with all disney productions, the film is a good little intro to the music of beethoven for those who dont know anything about his life and work.The music featured by beethoven in the film is put to good use, we get all the classic ones- the 5th symphony, the 9th symphony, fur elise, moonlight sonata all played around incidents in his life , there is a nice scene where he is sitting in a cafe with a long lost love, and the cafe musicians are playing one of his tunes, where he remarks they are playing it too slow! not being too impressed somewhat, and a few others similar of interest like when he comes up with the main parts to his 5th symphony while his landlord is knocking hard on his door demanding he pay him his outstanding rent, all in all not a bad film.