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Copying Beethoven (2006)
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Ratings: 6.7/10 from 6,803 users
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Reviews: 77 user | 74 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life. Director:Agnieszka Holland |
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Anna Holtz
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Wenzel Schlemmer
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Old Woman
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Rudy
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Krenski
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Magda
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Mother Canisius
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Martin Bauer
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Neighbor
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Archduke Rudolph
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László Áron | ... |
Judge
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Stefan Holtz
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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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Beethoven árnyékában 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)Company Credits
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Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by The Takács Quartet
Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited, part of Universal Music Group International See more »
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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.See more »
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"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 »
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