Un grand amour de Beethoven (The Life and Loves of Beethoven)

Un grand amour de Beethoven (The Life and Loves of Beethoven) (1937)

  • 71% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (369 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 engaged.… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 56 min.
Directed By
Abel Gance
Genres
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Classics
On DVD
Jan 24, 2006

Critic Reviews

  • 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.

  • , 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.

  • Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion

    Easily the best of Gance's talkies, the film's creative élan scarcely wavers even at its most leadenly dramatic.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Fascinating biopic on the 19th-century Ludwig van Beethoven.

  • 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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