Beethoven - Days in a Life

Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and faced by his progressive hearing loss, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman’s poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works on his Ninth Symphony.

• Horst SeemannDirector
• Horst SeemannWriter
• Günter KunertWriter

• Donatas BanionisLudwig van Beethoven
• Stefan LisewskiJohann van Beethoven
• Hans TeuscherKarl van Beethoven
• Renate RichterGräfin Josephine Brunsvik
• Eberhard EscheBeethovens Sekretär
• Fred DelmareJohann Nepomuk Mälzel
• Katja ParylaJohanna
• Günter WolfCast
• Leon NiemczykFürst Andreas Rasumowski
• Marita BöhmeKonzertsängerin S.
• Rolf HoppeIgnaz Schuppanzigh
• Hannjo HasseFürst Karl Lichnowski