Numero: 43

Voto IMDB: 7.6/10 (345 voti)

Voto Utente: 9.0/10

Paese: UK, 129 minuti

Lingua: Inglese

Genere(i): Drammatico, Musica

Regista: Simon Cellan Jones

Cast: Jack Davenport (come Prince Lobkowitz), Leo Bill (come Reis), Ian Hart (come Ludwig van Beethoven), Fenella Woolgar (come Princess Marie Lobkowitz), Jonathan Aris (come Paul Dorfmueller), Tim Pigott-Smith (come Count Dietrichstein), Robert Glenister (come Gerhardt), Joseph Morgan (come Matthias), Peter Hanson (come Wranitzky), Trevor Cooper (come Otto Fisher)

Medium: Sconosciuto

Trama: 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'.

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