A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
- 7.1
- 1994
- Released
- 2h 1m
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
Luigi Diberti
Franz Josef Guicciardi
Michael Culkin
Jakob Hotscevar
Sandra Voe
Marie Fröhlich
Alexandra Pigg
Therese Obermeyer
Donal Gibson
Karl Holz
Matthew North
Young Karl van Beethoven
Geno Lechner
Josephine von BrunsvikClaudia Solti
Theresa von BrunsvikRory Edwards
Wenzel Robert von GallenbergHannes Flaschberger
Joseph DeymLeo Faulkner
Young Ludwig van Beethoven
Fintan McKeown
Johann van Beethoven, SrJindra Petráková
Lilo Braun
Marek Vašut
Custody policemanHugo Kaminský
MagistrateStanislav Behal
Ignaz SchuppanzighArna Mohelská
Suzanna GuicciardiStepan Hlatky
ZoltanGordon Lovitt
Metternich's flunkyAnna Kolínská
Fritzi ErdödyJohan Kolinsky
August Erdödy
Josef Kolínský
August Erdödy
Jan Kuželka
Country policeman
Barbora Srncová
Erdödy's servant
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Reviews
Ten years after the success of "Amadeus"; Hollywood decided to offer us a biopic of this giant of 19th century music who helped set up Vienna as the Mecca of classical music at the time. A truly multi-talented Gary Oldman is on good form as Bernard Rose guides us through the life, and fairly frequent loves, of this genius. His flaws are writ large from the beginning; his, at times, quite brutal up