Immortal Beloved

Movie

1994

2h 1m

English

Drama, Music, Romance

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7.6

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Immortal Beloved

Movie

1994

2h 1m

English

Drama, Music, Romance

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.

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Cast

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Gary Oldman

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jeroen Krabbé

Anton Felix Schindler

Anna Marie Erdödy

Johanna Reiss

Karl van Beethoven

Nanette Streicherová

Clemens Metternich

Giulietta Guicciardi

Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven

Christopher Fulford

Kaspar Anton Carl van Beethoven

Luigi Diberti

Franz Josef Guicciardi

Michael Culkin

Jakob Hotscevar

Sandra Voe

Marie Fröhlich

Bernard Rose

Elector Max Friedrich

Alexandra Pigg

Therese Obermeyer

Donal Gibson

Karl Holz

Matthew North

Young Karl van Beethoven

Geno Lechner

Josephine von Brunsvik

Claudia Solti

Theresa von Brunsvik

Rory Edwards

Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg

Hannes Flaschberger

Joseph Deym

Leo Faulkner

Young Ludwig van Beethoven

Fintan McKeown

Johann van Beethoven, Sr

Everton Nelson

George Bridgetower

Jindra Petráková

Lilo Braun

Directed By: Bernard Rose

Written By: Bernard Rose

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simonynwa says...

10 years ago

Oldman is magnificent and the story, while not historically accurate, is gripping. Bernard Rose's choice of particular pieces of Beethoven's music to match the scenes in question is more often than not inspired. The "Ode to Joy" sequence, played to Beethoven's memories of his childhood, is frankly one of the finest musical sequences committed to film and the finale is heartbreaking.

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Spiritualized Kaos says...

4 months ago

Romantic review of Bethoven's life.

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LNero

8/10 5 months ago

While not as sumptuous and darkly baroque (in tone, and visually, of course) as _Amadeus_, and I'm sure no end of liberties were taken with the story, this had me hooked from beginning to end, and it kept its secrets and made me retroactively feel a fool. Bravo.

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CinemaSerf

3 years ago

Ten years after the success of "Amadeus"; Hollywood decided to offer us a biopic of this giant of 19th century music who helped set up Vienna as the Mecca of classical music at the time. A truly multi-talented Gary Oldman is on good form as Bernard Rose guides us through the life, and fairly frequen More

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