Eroica (2003)
Directed by Simon Cellan Jones
Genres - Drama, Music, Historical Film |
Sub-Genres - Docudrama, Musical Drama, Period Film |
Run Time - 84 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV movie concerns the first performance of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3" on June 9, 1804, in Vienna. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited all his friends to his palace to watch Beethoven perform his new piece with a full orchestra. 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.
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aristocracy, composer, orchestra
