Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
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.
- composer
- deaf
- letter
- biography
- sister-in-law
- character study
- uncle nephew relationship
- für elise
- ludwig van beethoven
- portrait of an artist
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gary Oldman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jeroen Krabbé
Anton Felix Schindler
Isabella Rossellini
Anna Marie Erdödy
Johanna ter Steege
Johanna Reiss
- Marco Hofschneider — Karl van Beethoven
- Miriam Margolyes — Nanette Streicherová
- Barry Humphries — Clemens Metternich
- Valeria Golino — Giulietta Guicciardi
- Gerard Horan — 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
- Directed
- Bernard Rose
- Written
- Bernard Rose
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 376 ratings
- Studio
- Icon Productions
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