Eroica

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 4, 2003

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Cast

Ian Thompson,Victoria Shalet,Ian Hart,Tim Pigott-Smith,Jonathan Aris,Robert Glenister,Fenella Woolgar,Celina Liesegang,Sarah Ford,Peter Hansonand 9 more

Director

Simon Cellan Jones

Cinematography

Barry Ackroyd

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0369400