Plot
A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
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Cast
Gary Oldman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jeroen Krabbé
Anton Felix Schindler
Isabella Rossellini
Anna Marie Erdödy
Johanna ter Steege
Johanna Reiss
Marco Hofschneider
Karl van Beethoven
Miriam Margolyes
Nanette Streicherová
Barry Humphries
Clemens Metternich
Valeria Golino
Giulietta Guicciardi
Gerard Horan
Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven
Christopher Fulford
Kaspar Anton Carl van Beethoven
Luigi Diberti
Franz Josef Guicciardi
Michael Culkin
Jakob Hotscevar
Sandra Voe
Marie Fröhlich
Bernard Rose
Elector Max Friedrich
Alexandra Pigg
Therese Obermeyer
Donal Gibson
Karl Holz
Matthew North
Young Karl van Beethoven
Geno Lechner
Josephine von Brunsvik
Claudia Solti
Theresa von Brunsvik
Rory Edwards
Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg
Hannes Flaschberger
Joseph Deym
Leo Faulkner
Young Ludwig van Beethoven
Fintan McKeown
Johann van Beethoven, Sr
Everton Nelson
George Bridgetower
Jindra Petráková
Lilo Braun
Marek Vašut
Custody policeman
Hugo Kaminský
Magistrate
Stanislav Behal
Ignaz Schuppanzigh
Arna Mohelská
Suzanna Guicciardi
Stepan Hlatky
Zoltan
Gordon Lovitt
Metternich's flunky
Anna Kolínská
Fritzi Erdödy
Johan Kolinsky
August Erdödy
Josef Kolínský
August Erdödy
Jan Kuželka
Country policeman
Barbora Srncová
Erdödy's servant
Bruce Davey
Artillery Captain