Vienna, 1824. In the days before the first performance of the Ninth Symphony, Beethoven needs help with copying out the charts, so a promising student of composition, Anna Holtz, 23, is sent to assist him. She not only aids the transcription of the notes, she provides guidance from the orchestra pit as Beethoven conducts the work’s debut. During the next two years, the final ones of Beethoven’s life, Anna provides assistance to the deaf, temperamental, ailing man. In return, he tutors her in composition and explains to her the ideas and principles of Romanticism. He tries to speak for God.
Release Date: 8 March 2007Runtime: 104 min
Stars:
- Angus Barnett
- Bill Stewart
- David Kennedy
- Diane Kruger
- Ed Harris
- Gábor Bohus
- Joe Anderson
- Karl Johnson
- László Áron
- Matthew Goode
- Matyelok Gibbs
- Nicholas Jones
- Phyllida Law
- Ralph Riach
- Viktoria Dihen
Director: Agnieszka Holland