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Genre
Music, Biography, Drama, History, Historical drama, Classical, Old movies
Synopsis
This East German film swoops into discrete days in the composer Ludwig von Beethoven's life in Vienna, beginning in 1813, when he first became aware of being deaf. The film follows him through the time of his death in 1827. By that time, he had been completely deaf for over eight years. In this film, as he suffers, Beethoven (Donatas Banionis) also shares his thoughts, especially the fact that he was no fan of the industrial revolution or of the bourgeois middle-classes it engendered.
Cast
Ludwig van Beethoven
Donatas Banionis
Johann van Beethoven
Stefan Lisewski
Karl van Beethoven
Hans Teuscher
Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
Fred Delmare
Gräfin Josephine Brunsvik
Renate Richter
Beethovens Sekretär
Eberhard Esche
Haushälterin Johanna
Katja Paryla
Geheimer
Günter Wolf
Fürst Andreas Rasumowski
Leon Niemczyk
Konzertsängerin S.
Marita Böhme
Ignaz Schuppanzigh
Rolf Hoppe
Fürst Karl Lichnowski
Hannjo Hasse
Grisslinger
Werner Dissel
Erika Pelikowsky
Günter Rüger
Gerry Wolff
Herwart Grosse
Wolfgang Greese
Gerd Ehlers
Dirk Nawrocki
Christa Gottschalk
Hanns-Jörn Weber
Eva Jiroušková
Wolf Sabo
Angela Brunner
