Eroica

Eroica

2003
1h 29m
7.3

7.3/10

11 votes • View on IMDb

"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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date October 4, 2003
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0369400

Cast

Ian Hart
Ian Hart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jack Davenport
Jack Davenport

Prince Lobkowitz

Peter Hanson
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

Celina Liesegang
Celina Liesegang

Stella

Jacob Engelberg
Jacob Engelberg

Franz

Key Crew

Simon Cellan Jones
Director