Beethoven's Great Love / The Life and Loves of Beethoven
A Feature film of
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Production year1936
French release15/01/1937
Runtime
2h 15m
Synopsis
1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick's love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. When Beethoven loses Juliette, he moves to the mill at Heiligenstadt; realizing he's becoming deaf, profound depression sets in. He rejects suicide, holding on to remembered sound and to his work, a dedication assisted by Thérèse and others. In later years, we see his devotion to an ungrateful and thieving nephew, his poverty, the isolation of deafness, and the love of friends.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (19)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producer : Général Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Editions René Château
- French distribution : Éclair-Journal
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Abel Gance
- Dialogue Writer : Steve Passeur
- Directors of Photography : Marc Fossard, Robert Lefebvre
- Assistant Director : Jean Arroy
- Editor : Marguerite Beaugé
- Sound Recordist : Georges Leblond
- Production managers : Christian Stengel, Marc Le Pelletier
- Additional Music : Ludwig Van Beethoven
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Music
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1936
- French release : 15/01/1937
- Runtime : 2 h 15 min
- Current status : Released
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
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