Directed by     Bernard Rose
Produced by     Stephen McEveety
Bruce Davey
Written by     Bernard Rose
Starring     Gary Oldman
Jeroen Krabbé

Music by     George Fenton
Ludwig van Beethoven
Gioacchino Rossini

Studio     Icon Productions

Distributed by     Columbia Pictures

Release date(s)     1994 (New York and Los Angeles)
January 6 1995 (rest of the USA)

Running time     121 minutes

Country     United Kingdom

United States

Language     English

Sinopsis

When Ludwig van Beethoven dies, his assistant and close friend Schindler deals with his last will and testament. There remains a question as to who Beethoven's "immortal beloved", an unnamed woman mentioned in one of his letters, may be. Schindler embarks on a quest to find out who this woman is. Retrospective footage of Beethoven from his younger years until his death is featured as the film progresses. The conclusion ultimately is that the individual is Johanna Reiss, the daughter of Anton Van Reiss, a prosperous Viennese upholsterer. In the film, she becomes pregnant by Beethoven; when by an accidental turn of events he does not marry her in time, she marries his brother, Kaspar. Their son, Karl van Beethoven, is raised by Ludwig in the vain hope of making him an important musician in his own right.

 

TÍTULO ORIGINAL Copying Beethoven

AÑO 2006

DURACIÓN 104 min.

PAÍS [Estados Unidos]

DIRECTOR Agnieszka Holland

GUIÓN Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson

MÚSICA Ludwig Van Beethoven

FOTOGRAFÍA Ashley Rowe

REPARTO Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Phyllida Law, Nicholas Jones, Joe Anderson
PRODUCTORA Coproducción USA-Alemania-Hungría



SINOPSIS

Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger), de 23 años, es una aspirante a compositora con pocos medios que intenta encontrar inspiración y prosperar en la capital mundial de la musica, Viena. Anna, que estudia en el conservatorio de musica, tiene una recomendación para trabajar en una reconocida editorial, y, tras una serie de acontecimientos inesperados, se las ingenia para conseguir una oportunidad de trabajar junto al mayor y más voluble artista vivo: Ludwig van Beethoven (Ed Harris). Cuando, improvisadamente, el escéptico Beethoven la pone a prueba, Anna demuestra sus dotes y su especial valía para la musica. El maestro decide aceptarla como copista, lo que da comienzo a una extraordinaria relación que cambiará la vida de ambos.

Beethoven

For many people, musicians and laymen alike, Beethoven is the most admired composer in the history of Western classical music – not only because of the intellectual rigour of his music, but also its expressive power. Beethoven’s struggle to resist being defeated by his deafness has a parallel in his music.

This programme explores all aspects of Beethoven’s life, the music and the man, his views on life, politics and the French Revolution. Contributors include conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Michael Tilson Thomas, pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy, violinist Peter Cropper from The Lindsays, musicologist Charles Rosen, sociologist Tia de Nora, director Sir Peter Hall, Beethoven expert John Suchet and Beethoven scholars Barry Cooper, Bill Meredith, Basil Deane and William Kinderman.

Released in 1997. 59 min. Narrated by Kenneth Branagh. TV documentary series.