This biography chronicles the life and death of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven as well as his painful struggle with hearing loss. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was.
January 29, 1976 in New York City, New York, USA
17 February 1934, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
27 March 1957, Kremnica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovak Republic]
1947, Prague, Czechoslovakia
18 June 1952, Rome, Lazio, Italy
20 February 1986, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
10 May 1961, Wierden, Overijssel, Netherlands
1965, Germany
4 August 1960, London, England, UK
5 May 1960, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
1956
21 March 1958, New Cross, London, England, UK
3 October 1910, Aussig an der Elbe, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]
6 October 1936, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
18 October 1969, Berlin, Germany
5 August 1969, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
2 June 1919, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1955, London, England, UK
April 23, 2004
real coup is the perfect casting of consummate chameleon actor Gary Oldman as Beethoven.
September 28, 2005
A little slow, but overall a good film.
November 08, 2004
completely nuts!
November 16, 2014
Rose's Beethoven biopic is something of a Europudding, a stodgy concoction of clashing accents and performance styles.
September 27, 2004
Imitation Ken Russell biopic lacking in power and a feel for the music.
August 30, 2002
Passionate and transfixing scereen biography of Ludwig van Beethoven.
September 12, 2002
Strains to evoke tortured artist agony, but instead just strains.
October 09, 2002
Haunting use of Beethoven's music.
December 12, 2006
I doubet whether Rose's speculative and overwroght chronicle of Beethoven will rekindle interest in the composer's life and work in the same way that Amadeus did for Mozart.
August 17, 2004
As writer and director, Bernard Rose must take full responsibility for the fictions masquerading as fact in his treatment of Beethoven's life and loves.
