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04/10/2003 Drama, Music, TV Movie 1h 29m
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The Day That Changed Music Forever

Overview

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.

  1. Simon Cellan Jones

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ian Hart

    Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. Jack Davenport

    Prince Lobkowitz

  3. Peter Hanson

    Wranitzky

  4. Claire Skinner

    Josephine Deym

  5. Frank Finlay

    Josef Haydn

  6. Leo Bill

    Reis

  7. Trevor Cooper

    Otto Fisher

  8. Fenella Woolgar

    Princess Marie Lobkowitz

  9. Lucy Akhurst

    Therese Brunsvik

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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