Eroica
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π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
2003-10-04
β Running Time:
89 mins
β Vote Average:
5.2
Beloved Cast
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ian Hart
Prince Lobkowitz
Jack Davenport
Wranitzky
Peter Hanson
Josephine Deym
Claire Skinner
Josef Haydn
Frank Finlay
Reis
Leo Bill
Otto Fisher
Trevor Cooper
Princess Marie Lobkowitz
Fenella Woolgar
Therese Brunsvik
Lucy Akhurst
Kirsten
Victoria Shalet
Stella
Celina Liesegang
Franz
Jacob Engelberg
Sukowaty
Anton Lesser
Paul Dorfmueller
Jonathan Aris
Count Dietrichstein
Tim Pigott-Smith
Gerhardt
Robert Glenister
Matthias
Joseph Morgan
Albrecht Dorfmeuller
Ian Thompson