October 4th, 2003

Eroica

The Day That Changed Music Forever

Drama
Music
TV Movie
7.0

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.

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Acting

Ian Hart

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ian Hart
Acting

Jack Davenport

Prince Lobkowitz

Jack Davenport
Directing

Peter Hanson

Wranitzky

Acting

Claire Skinner

Josephine Deym

Claire Skinner
Acting

Frank Finlay

Josef Haydn

Frank Finlay
Acting

Leo Bill

Reis

Leo Bill
Acting

Trevor Cooper

Otto Fisher

Trevor Cooper
Acting

Fenella Woolgar

Princess Marie Lobkowitz

Fenella Woolgar
Acting

Lucy Akhurst

Therese Brunsvik

Lucy Akhurst
Acting

Victoria Shalet

Kirsten

Victoria Shalet
Acting

Celina Liesegang

Stella

Acting

Jacob Engelberg

Franz

Acting

Anton Lesser

Sukowaty

Anton Lesser
Acting

Jonathan Aris

Paul Dorfmueller

Jonathan Aris
Acting

Tim Pigott-Smith

Count Dietrichstein

Tim Pigott-Smith
Acting

Robert Glenister

Gerhardt

Robert Glenister
Acting

Joseph Morgan

Matthias

Joseph Morgan
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Ian Thompson

Albrecht Dorfmeuller

Acting

Sarah Ford

Frau Fisher

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