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Bernard Rose (written by)
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Release Date:
6 January 1995 (USA) more
Tagline:
The genius behind the music. The madness behind the man. The untold love story of Ludwig von Beethoven.
Plot:
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer... more | add synopsis
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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
Matthew North ... Young Karl van Beethoven
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Runtime:
121 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby Digital
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Trivia:
While the actual performances of Beethoven's piano pieces in this film were not played by Gary Oldman, the actor practiced five hours a day so that his movements would be in time with the performances of Murray Perahia, which were done off-camera. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The producers of the film made painstaking effort to ensure that authentic late classical-era pianos were used on set, yet the music that is allegedly coming out of them is unmistakably from a 20th-centruy instrument. more
Quotes:
Ludwig van Beethoven: Music is... a dreadful thing. more
Movie Connections:
References Citizen Kane (1941) more
Soundtrack:
Piano Trio No. 4 in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1 'Ghost' more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
The wild genius, 30 August 1998
Author: Matthew Ignoffo (mermatt@webtv.net) from Eatontown, NJ, USA

Not quite as dramatic as AMADEUS, to which there are obvious comparisons, it is a powerful film in its own right.

Taking the mysterious letter which Beethoven wrote to his "Immortal beloved" as the starting point, we follow his secretary's attempt to identify the person to whom the letter is addressed. No one knows, to this day, who that person really is, but the film offers an interesting theory.

The letter, however, is just a device to tell the story of the wild genius who personifies the Romantic movement in art. The letter serves much the same purpose as does Rosebud in CITIZEN KANE -- a method of stringing together a series of flashbacks that reveal the personality of the central figure.

The acting is wonderful and the music is powerful.

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