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Beethoven - Days in a Life (1976)
Directed by Horst Seemann
Drama, History, Music · 1h 48m
Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and faced by his progressive hearing loss, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman’s poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works on his Ninth Symphony.
Cast
Donatas Banionis
Ludwig van Beethoven
Stefan Lisewski
Johann van Beethoven
Hans Teuscher
Karl van Beethoven
R
Renate Richter
Gräfin Josephine Brunsvik
Eberhard Esche
Beethovens Sekretär
Fred Delmare
Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
Katja Paryla
Johanna
Günter Wolf
Leon Niemczyk
Fürst Andreas Rasumowski
Marita Böhme
Konzertsängerin S.
Rolf Hoppe
Ignaz Schuppanzigh
Hannjo Hasse
Fürst Karl Lichnowski
Crew
- Director
- Horst Seemann
- Writer
- Horst Seemann, Günter Kunert
- Director of Photography
- Otto Hanisch
- Editor
- Bärbel Weigel
Details
- Original title
- Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
- Release date
- 1976-10-14
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Music
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme