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Copying Beethoven (2006)

PG_13 104 min  -  Biography | Drama | Music  -   19 October 2006 (Israel)
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A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.

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Cast

Credited cast:
Diane Kruger ...
Anna Holtz
Ralph Riach Ralph Riach ...
Wenzel Schlemmer
Matyelok Gibbs Matyelok Gibbs ...
Old Woman
Ed Harris ...
Bill Stewart Bill Stewart ...
Rudy
Angus Barnett Angus Barnett ...
Krenski
Viktoria Dihen Viktoria Dihen ...
Magda
Phyllida Law Phyllida Law ...
Mother Canisius
Matthew Goode ...
Martin Bauer
Gábor Bohus Gábor Bohus ...
Joe Anderson ...
David Kennedy David Kennedy ...
Neighbor
Nicholas Jones Nicholas Jones ...
Archduke Rudolph
László Áron László Áron ...
Judge
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Johnson Karl Johnson ...
Stefan Holtz
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Storyline

Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work's debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven's life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Student | Pit | Performance | Symphony | Romanticism  | See more »

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The passion behind the genius See more »

Genres:

Biography | Drama | Music

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USA | Germany | Hungary

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Beethoven árnyékában See more »

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$70,460 (USA) (12 November 2006) (26 Screens)

Gross:

$352,786 (USA) (31 December 2006)
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Dolby Digital

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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Bill Stewart died shortly after its release. See more »

Goofs

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: When Beethoven is berating Schlemmer, he yells, "B-flat! B-flat! B-flat!" and hits a chord 3 times. The chord he hits on the piano sounds like a modern A-flat major chord, even though Beethoven is clearly hitting a chord with a top note of F. The reason for the discrepancy is probably because the pitch for tuning instruments has changed over time, and a frequency that would today be called an "A-flat" would have in Beethoven's time been something between an A and B-flat. See more »

Quotes

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.
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Soundtracks

"String Quartet No. 16 in f major Op. 135"
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by The Takács Quartet
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited, part of Universal Music Group International See more »