Eroica (2003)
Overview
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.
What is Eroica about?
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. Eroica is a Drama, Music, TV Movie movie, released on 2003-10-04, runtime 89 minutes.
Is Eroica worth watching?
TMDB users rate Eroica 7.5 out of 10 from 12 ratings. It is widely liked by viewers.
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Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Cast
- Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven
- Jack Davenport as Prince Lobkowitz
- Peter Hanson as Wranitzky
- Claire Skinner as Josephine Deym
- Frank Finlay as Josef Haydn
- Leo Bill as Reis
- Trevor Cooper as Otto Fisher
- Fenella Woolgar as Princess Marie Lobkowitz
- Lucy Akhurst as Therese Brunsvik
- Victoria Shalet as Kirsten
- Celina Liesegang as Stella
- Jacob Engelberg as Franz
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Sources
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