6.6/10
NETFLIX Rating : 3.2
IMDB Rating : 6.8
FD Smart Rating : 6.6
Synopsis : Serving as Ludwig van Beethoven's copyist gives a conservatory student access to the composer's musical genius -- but also exposes her to his cruelty.
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Matthew Goode , Bill Stewart , Diane Kruger , Phyllida Law , Ralph Riach , Ed Harris , Nicholas Jones , Joe Anderson , Matyelok Gibbs
English , English [Original]
English
Biography, Drama, Music
2006
1h44m
Video suitable for ages 12 years and older.
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.