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Copying Beethoven is a dramatic film directed by Agnieszka Holland which depicts a fictional take on the triumphs and heartaches of Ludwig van Beethoven's last year of life. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (500x733, 259 KB) SKE Films This image is of a movie poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the movie or the studio which produced the movie in question. ...
Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948 in Warsaw, Poland) is a film and TV director and screenplay writer. ...
Ed Harris as Richard Brown in The Hours Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director and producer. ...
Diane Kruger (born Diane Heidkrüger on July 15, 1976), sometimes known as Diane Heidkrueger, is a German actress and former fashion model. ...
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Agnieszka Holland (born November 28, 1948 in Warsaw, Poland) is a film and TV director and screenplay writer. ...
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Diane Kruger (born Diane Heidkrüger on July 15, 1976), sometimes known as Diane Heidkrueger, is a German actress and former fashion model. ...
Ed Harris as Richard Brown in The Hours Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director and producer. ...
Matthew Goode (born April 3, 1978) is a British actor. ...
Phyllida Law (born 8 May 1932) is a Scottish actress. ...
Synopsis A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. The Symphony No. ...
 Ed Harris and Diane Kruger share an intimate moment through music. It is 1824. The composer, played by Ed Harris, is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer finish in time for the scheduled first performance - otherwise the orchestra will have no music to play. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer called Anna Holtz (Diane Kruger). The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. Image File history File linksMetadata Copyingbeethovenstill. ...
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By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
Facts Contrary to the film The working manuscript of the score is attributed to two copyists[1], both of whom were male not female as depicted in the film.
The copyists neither contributed to nor altered the score. In fact, they were berated by Beethoven for any deviation that occurred from the original score.
In the film, Beethoven makes an allusion to the Moonlight Sonata. This is an anachronism as the Sonata No. 14 wasn't named "Moonlight" until several years after his death. Ludwig van Beethovens opus 27 no. ...
The movie is set in 1824 during the composition of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Throughout the movie Beethoven is shown to be hard of hearing but quite capable of understanding people who speak loudly. In reality, Beethoven had totally lost his hearing seven years earlier (1817). The 9th Symphony was composed while he was completely deaf.
Much of the film centers around Beethoven's insistence on conducting his own work and the premiere of the 9th Symphony (1824) which Beethoven is shown conducting himself. While controversial due to his deafness, it is likely that Beethoven was present on the podium (if not actually conducting), and many details of the perfomance were depicted (such as being turned around to face the applause) as they occurred[2][3][4] Beethoven's last performance as an actual performer was a decade earlier, in 1811 (Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor").
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