Movie: Eroica

Top 10 Billed Cast

Ian Hart
Ian Hart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jack Davenport
Jack Davenport

Prince Lobkowitz

Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson

Wranitzky

Claire Skinner
Claire Skinner

Josephine Deym

Frank Finlay
Frank Finlay

Josef Haydn

Leo Bill
Leo Bill

Reis

Trevor Cooper
Trevor Cooper

Otto Fisher

Fenella Woolgar
Fenella Woolgar

Princess Marie Lobkowitz

Lucy Akhurst
Lucy Akhurst

Therese Brunsvik

Victoria Shalet
Victoria Shalet

Kirsten

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2003-10-04

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
  • Tagline

    The Day That Changed Music Forever

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  • Languages:

    English
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