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Eroica
“The Day That Changed Music Forever”
7.5 / 10• 2003• 1h 29m•NR• English
DramaMusicTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ian Hart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Lead
Jack Davenport
Prince Lobkowitz
PH
Peter Hanson
Wranitzky
Claire Skinner
Josephine Deym
Frank Finlay
Josef Haydn
Leo Bill
Reis
Trevor Cooper
Otto Fisher
Fenella Woolgar
Princess Marie Lobkowitz
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Simon Cellan Jones's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Eroica is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
