Un grand amour de Beethoven (The Life and Loves of Beethoven) (1937)
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71% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
19% want to see it
(329 ratings)
1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick's love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are… More 1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick's love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. When Beethoven loses Juliette, he moves to the mill at Heiligenstadt; realizing he's becoming deaf, profound depression sets in. He rejects suicide, holding on to remembered sound and to his work, a dedication assisted by Thérèse and others. In later years, we see his devotion to an ungrateful and thieving nephew, his poverty, the isolation of deafness, and the love of friends.
- Directed By
- Abel Gance
- Genres
- Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Frank S. Nugent, New York Times
t upsets me just the same to see the musical cart hitched before the cinema horse and then be constrained to admit it was probably for the best.
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, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Abel Gance's film biography of one of the world's greatest composers focuses on what Gance saw to be his only true loves -- music and Holt.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Easily the best of Gance's talkies, the film's creative élan scarcely wavers even at its most leadenly dramatic.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Fascinating biopic on the 19th-century Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
By turns clunky, corny and downright brilliant, Abel Gance's 1936 biopic on Ludwig Van Beethoven is never less than fascinating
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