CinemaOSMovie · 2003 · 1h 29m

Eroica

The Day That Changed Music Forever

75%(12)IMDbDramaMusicTV Movie

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.

Directed bySimon Cellan Jones

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
EN
Released
October 4, 2003

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jack Davenport

Jack Davenport

Prince Lobkowitz

Peter Hanson

Wranitzky

Claire Skinner

Claire Skinner

Josephine Deym

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Josef Haydn

Leo Bill

Leo Bill

Reis

Trevor Cooper

Trevor Cooper

Otto Fisher

Fenella Woolgar

Fenella Woolgar

Princess Marie Lobkowitz

Lucy Akhurst

Lucy Akhurst

Therese Brunsvik

Victoria Shalet

Victoria Shalet

Kirsten

Creative team
Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Simon Cellan Jones

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