Eroica
The Day That Changed Music Forever
2003-10-04 | 89 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Ian HartLudwig van Beethoven
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Jack DavenportPrince Lobkowitz
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Claire SkinnerJosephine Deym
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Frank FinlayJosef Haydn
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Leo BillReis
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Trevor CooperOtto Fisher
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Fenella WoolgarPrincess Marie Lobkowitz
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Lucy AkhurstTherese Brunsvik
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Victoria ShaletKirsten
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Anton LesserSukowaty
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Jonathan ArisPaul Dorfmueller
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Tim Pigott-SmithCount Dietrichstein
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Robert GlenisterGerhardt
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Joseph MorganMatthias
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