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Release Date:
19 October 2006 (Israel) moreTagline:
The passion behind the genius moreAwards:
1 win & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Spain's Goya nominations (From ioncinema. 18 December 2006)
National Board of Review Winners
(From ioncinema. 7 December 2006)
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Beethoven's Ninth or the real HERstory of the early feminist role in nineteenth century musical composition. moreCast
(Credited cast)| Diane Kruger | ... | Anna Holtz | |
| Ralph Riach | ... | Wenzel Schlemmer | |
| Matyelok Gibbs | ... | Old Woman | |
| Ed Harris | ... | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| Bill Stewart | ... | Rudy | |
| Angus Barnett | ... | Krenski | |
| Viktoria Dihen | ... | Magda | |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Mother Canisius | |
| Matthew Goode | ... | Martin Bauer | |
| Gábor Bohus | ... | Schuppanzigh | |
| Joe Anderson | ... | Karl van Beethoven | |
| David Kennedy | ... | Neighbor | |
| Nicholas Jones | ... | Archduke Rudolph | |
| László Áron | ... | Judge | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Karl Johnson | ... | Stefan Holtz | |
| George Mendel | ... | Doctor (as Gyorgy Mendel) | |
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual elements.Parents Guide:
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104 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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USA:PG-13 | Brazil:10 | Hong Kong:IIA | Germany:6 | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 | Australia:PGFun Stuff
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The film was originally written with Anthony Hopkins in mind, for the role of Ludwig van Beethoven. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The film depicts Beethoven conducting the premier of his Ninth Symphony with Anna's help and at the end her turning him around at the podium to see the thunderous applause. In reality, Michael Umlauf conducted and although Beethoven was on stage keeping tempo, the orchestra had been told to ignore him. At the end of the performance it was one of the soloists, Caroline Unger, who turned him around to see the enthusiastic applause of the audience. moreQuotes:
Ludwig van Beethoven: The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are. moreSoundtrack:
String Quartet No. 16 in f major Op. 135 moreFAQ
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Given our modern sensibilities with respect to the role of women in society and, lest we be labeled Calibans, it is no great effort to overlook the anachronism and give the nod to the female copyist at the start of this movie. Not five minutes later, though, we are asked to completely strain the boundaries of credulity and accept that the creativity of the second greatest composer ever to have lived (Mahler being the first) owed its triumph to a twenty-three-year-old inexperienced female "secretary".
It is at this point one realizes that the creation of the Ninth Symphony is a patina, a mere plot device, for the true substance of the movie which is Beethoven's suppressed twentieth century feminist ideology. Alas, if only the maestro himself had realized how truly ahead of his time he was! Is it really only twenty years ago we discovered Beethoven was black?
...and yet, if you love Beethoven, it is all about the music. Whatever the historical flaws in this movie, the anticipation engendered when the Ninth begins and the excitement bursting within as the choristers intone "Freude, schöener Götterfunken" of Schiller's Ode to Joy; any misgivings about the picture are completely over-shadowed by the music itself. Which says more about Beethoven's lasting genius than modern movie-making "talent" ever could.