Beethoven - Days in a Life/ Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
- 1976-10-14
- Drama, History, Music
- Leon Niemczyk, Gerry Wolff, Wolfgang Greese, Stefan Lisewski, Hannjo Hasse, Donatas Banionis, Fred Delmare, Rolf Hoppe, Marita Böhme, Hanns-Jörn Weber, Herwart Grosse, Werner Dissel, Katja Paryla, Günter Wolf, Hans Teuscher, Gerd Ehlers, Renate Richter, Angela Brunner, Erika Pelikowsky, Günter Rüger, Dirk Nawrocki, Christa Gottschalk, Eva Jiroušková, Eberhard Esche, Wolf Sabo
- 1 h. 48 min.
- 5.0/10
- 4
- East Germany
- DEFA
Overview:
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.