The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to ...
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gary Oldman | ... | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| Jeroen Krabbé | ... | Anton Felix Schindler | |
| Isabella Rossellini | ... | Anna Marie Erdödy | |
| Johanna ter Steege | ... | Johanna Reiss | |
| Marco Hofschneider | ... | Karl van Beethoven | |
| Miriam Margolyes | ... | Nanette Streicherová | |
| Barry Humphries | ... | Clemens Metternich | |
| Valeria Golino | ... | Giulietta Guicciardi | |
| Gerard Horan | ... | Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven | |
| Christopher Fulford | ... | Kaspar Anton Carl van Beethoven | |
| Alexandra Pigg | ... | Therese Obermayer | |
| Luigi Diberti | ... | Franz Josef Guicciardi | |
| Michael Culkin | ... | Jakob Hotscevar | |
| Donal Gibson | ... | Karl Holz | |
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Matthew North | ... | Young Karl van Beethoven |
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The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Besides all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved, and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was--not easy, as Beethoven has had many women in his life. Written by Smoothhoney1265
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Although he was deaf, he made music the way he made love. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Release Date:
27 January 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Amada inmortal See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$120,108, 18 December 1994Gross USA:
$9,914,409Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Anton Felix Schindler: Shh!
Ludwig van Beethoven: I cannot hear them, but I know they are making a hash of it. What do you think? Music is... a dreadful thing. What is it? I don't understand it. What does it mean?
Anton Felix Schindler: It - it exalts the soul.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Utter nonsense. If you hear a marching band, is your soul exalted? No, you march. If you hear a waltz, you dance. If you hear a mass, you take communion. It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental ...
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Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
Performed by Gidon Kremer, violin
Gidon Kremer courtesy of Teldec Classics International GmbH
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Beethoven's remarks to Schindler during their first meeting, at a rehearsal of the Kreutzer sonata, is taken from Tolstoy's short story "The Kreutzer Sonata". See more »Goofs
When the Countess Erdödy's home is hit, during Napoleon's bombing of Vienna, her son is thrown by the blast before it actually hits. See more »Quotes
Ludwig van Beethoven: [in reference to "Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 47" - "Kreutzer"... ] Do you like it?Anton Felix Schindler: Shh!
Ludwig van Beethoven: I cannot hear them, but I know they are making a hash of it. What do you think? Music is... a dreadful thing. What is it? I don't understand it. What does it mean?
Anton Felix Schindler: It - it exalts the soul.
Ludwig van Beethoven: Utter nonsense. If you hear a marching band, is your soul exalted? No, you march. If you hear a waltz, you dance. If you hear a mass, you take communion. It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental ...
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Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61Written by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Georg Solti (as Sir Georg Solti)
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On his deathbed, Beethoven, the greatest of all composers, leaves a note to his "Immortal Beloved." Like Citizen Kane's "Rosebud," this becomes a device to see the life of Beethoven through flashbacks. This interesting mixture of fact and fiction provides a portrait of the composer's social life but sheds little light on his genius for writing music. The soundtrack is all Beethoven (except for a little Rossini), as we get to hear bits and pieces of many of his works. The "Ode to Joy" sequence is well done, juxtaposing the premier of the 9th Symphony with flashbacks to Ludwig's childhood. However, the disjointed structure makes for a somewhat unsatisfying experience. Oldman certainly looks like Beethoven and manages to convey the anguish of a man who never heard most of his greatest works due to deafness, the most cruel fate for a composer.