“The Day That Changed Music Forever”
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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Ian Hart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Known for
The Last Kingdom
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Jack Davenport
Prince Lobkowitz
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
FlashForward
Peter Hanson
Wranitzky
Claire Skinner
Josephine Deym
Known for
Sleepy Hollow
Sense and Sensibility
Frank Finlay
Josef Haydn
Known for
The Pianist
Lifeforce
Leo Bill
Reis
Known for
Taboo
28 Days Later
Trevor Cooper
Otto Fisher
Known for
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
Fenella Woolgar
Princess Marie Lobkowitz
Known for
Jekyll
Call the Midwife
Lucy Akhurst
Therese Brunsvik
Known for
Spaced
A Spy Among Friends
Victoria Shalet
Kirsten
Known for
The Storyteller: Greek Myths
Haunted
Celina Liesegang
Stella
No other roles listed
Jacob Engelberg
Franz
Simon Cellan Jones Director · Barry Ackroyd Cinematographer
First release October 4, 2003 · Produced in United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 4, 2003
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