Eroica
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2003-10-04
Runtime: 89 mins
Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, Music, TV Movie
Original title: Eroica
Production Companies:
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Ian Hart
Jack Davenport
Peter Hanson
Claire Skinner
Frank Finlay
Leo Bill
Trevor Cooper
Fenella Woolgar
Lucy Akhurst
Victoria Shalet
Celina Liesegang
Jacob Engelberg
Anton Lesser
Jonathan Aris
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