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Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Joe Anderson

Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist...( read more  read more... ) him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work's debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven's life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God.

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PG-13, 104 minutes

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Release Date: December 31, 2006

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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007

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  • Showrogan
    May 1, 2009
    Showrogan
    While the performances are top notch the movie lags terribly...
  • pier007
    July 5, 2008
    pier007
    Correct portrait of the madness, fury and genius of Ludwig Van Beethoven in his last moments of glory. Ed Harris can do no wrong, and Diane Kruger is believable despite her enormous and distracting beauty. As a fervent fanatic of Beethoven's compositions, especially his 9th symph...( read more)ony, I was deeply moved when that exceptional piece of music was played, nevertheless, that instant made me realize this film could have been improved by a less shallow direction, I didn't find pleasant all that shaky, manneristic, sinfully modernized approach.
  • thathys
    September 9, 2009
    thathys
    It's a very nice movie!!!
  • meldepano
    August 5, 2009
    meldepano
    yeah, ok, i'll pretend i liked it.
  • sky2holdme
    July 22, 2009
    sky2holdme
    I love watching this movie I will buy it soon
  • Jordan770
    July 16, 2009
    Jordan770
    Bleh. Ive seen better movies. The guy was insane.
  • ellelag75
    July 12, 2009
    ellelag75
    Music philosophy ain't really my thing
  • bunti29
    April 28, 2009
    bunti29
    Ludwig van Beethoven
  • SaintFrancisofAssisi
    January 12, 2009
    SaintFrancisofAssisi
    I want so much to see this movie. Ed Harris...is actually quite handsome as Beethoven.
  • TheJuniorEbert
    January 7, 2009
    TheJuniorEbert
    Alright, I'll start with the good since this is, all things considered, a decent movie. Firstly, I heartily enjoyed Mr. Harris's performance as The Maestro. He brings a wonderful air of ordered chaos and flippancy to the role. A certain amount of eccentricity is required when por...( read more)traying Beethoven, as I've come to discover. Kruger was OK. Perhaps she underplayed her part a bit; or was it overplayed? I can't decide which. The period detail was pretty good. What music that is heard is played very well.

    And now, the bad . . .

    This has got to be one of the most incomplete movies of all time. The build-up and establishments are all fine, but after the playing of the 9th, everything seems to rush at you in a half-hearted way. Excellent secondary characters are given a weak send-off (or are simply never seen again) and not given a chance to exit gracefully. The nephew Karl and Anna's fiance are two good examples. The music is erratic and incomplete. The 9th Symphony is badly edited, at least for those who have heard it in it's entirety and appreciate it. This movie needs another 35-45 minutes to wrap up it's loose ends (INCLUDING the main antogonism between Beethoven and Anna, which is left completely unresolved), but obviously, this is not to be. I also would have preferred to hear accents from the main actors, but I guess you can't have everything. Overall, this is a nice little fictional piece about the last days of Beethoven, but as a movie it is woefully incomplete. Imagine trying to read a book that has 1/3 of the pages missing. That is what this film is like.

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