The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
12 audience votes
Key crew
- Simon Cellan JonesDirector
Cast
- Ian HartLudwig van Beethoven
- Jack DavenportPrince Lobkowitz
- Peter HansonWranitzky
- Claire SkinnerJosephine Deym
- Frank FinlayJosef Haydn
- Leo BillReis
- Trevor CooperOtto Fisher
- Fenella WoolgarPrincess Marie Lobkowitz
- Lucy AkhurstTherese Brunsvik
- Victoria ShaletKirsten
- Celina LiesegangStella
- Jacob EngelbergFranz
Stills
Themes
classical music