Copying Beethoven (2006)

Copying Beethoven (2006) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Goya Awards
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( DTS 5.1 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Catalan ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Agnieszka Holland

Written By:
Stephen J. Rivele
Christopher Wilkinson

Actors:
Diane Kruger ..... Anna Holtz
Ralph Riach ..... Wenzel Schlemmer
Matyelok Gibbs ..... Old Woman
Ed Harris ..... Ludwig van Beethoven
Bill Stewart ..... Rudy
Angus Barnett ..... Krenski
Viktoria Dihen ..... Magda
Phyllida Law ..... Mother Canisius
Matthew Goode ..... Martin Bauer
Gábor Bohus ..... Schuppanzigh
Joe Anderson ..... Karl van Beethoven
David Kennedy ..... Neighbor
Nicholas Jones ..... Archduke Rudolph
László Áron ..... Judge
Márta Hainfart ..... Soloist (Soprano)
Karl Johnson ..... Stefan Holtz
János Klézli ..... Soloist (Bass)
Krisztina Kuti ..... Soloist (Alto)
George Mendel ..... Doctor
Péter Szondi ..... Soloist (Tenor)

Synopsis:

Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work's debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven's life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God.

Anna, a talented and idealistic young, music student, is sent to transcribe orchestra music for her favourite composer just days before his performance of the 9th symphony. Shocked when she finds the man Beethoven to be over-bearing and crude, Anna only begins to understand the impetus of his genius, passion, and drive for music thru the music itself, and his often difficult mentoring style. Set in 1824 Vienna, this imagined story is both 'ugly' and beautiful as we are given a glimpse into the amazing mind during the last days of the master composer.

A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 30 June, 2016.

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