Eroica

Eroica

🎞️ Movie 129 min GB
โ˜… 7.7 /10 2003

The Day That Changed Music Forever

On June 9, 1804, Ludwig van Beethoven and his pupil Ries assemble a group of musicians to give the first performance of his Third Symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and his guests, including hypercritical Count Dietrichstein, in Vienna. The piece provokes political arguments among players and audience as to whether Bonaparte is a tyrant, or, as Beethoven believes, a liberator. The composer is also rejected by his former love, the recently widowed Josephine von Deym, though the visiting elder statesman of composers Haydn pays him a strange compliment. Leaving the gathering, Beethoven confesses to Ries that he is losing his hearing and later he reads that Bonaparte has declared himself the French emperor. As a result he will lose all respect for Napoleon and will change the symphony's title to 'Eroica'.

Cast

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Peter Hanson
Wranitzky
Jack Davenport
Jack Davenport
Prince Lobkowitz
Leo Bill
Leo Bill
Ries
Ian Hart
Ian Hart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trevor Cooper
Trevor Cooper
Otto Fisher
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Sarah Ford
Frau Fisher
Fenella Woolgar
Fenella Woolgar
Princess Marie Lobkowitz
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Victoria Shalet
Kirstin
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Celina Liesegang
Stella
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Jacob Engelberg
Franz
Barry Ackroyd
Barry Ackroyd
Cinematographer