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FULL Louis van Beethoven Movie Germany 2020 Tobias Moretti
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Louis van Beethoven
- Composer: Beethoven Ludwig van
- Libretto: Niki Stein
- Venue & Opera Company: Studio and on location, Austria, Germany
- Recorded: 2020
- Type: Movie
- Singers: N/A
- Conductor: Roman Valek
- Orchestra: Czech Ensmble Baroque Orchestra
- Stage Director: Niki Stein
- Stage Designer: Benedikt Herforth
- Costume Designer: Veronika Albert
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Film Movement
- Date Published: 2020
- Format: DVD
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Louis van Beethoven is a biographical film that came out in December 2020 for the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth. The movie shows the story of the world-famous composer from different perspectives. The title shows the name that was used in his youth.
Plot
The film moves back and forth between Beethoven’s final year and his early life in Bonn. The Beethoven we meet as an adult (played by Tobias Moretti) has long been deaf. He has come to his brother Johann’s home in Gneixendorf along with their nephew Karl (Peter Lewys Preston) after Karl’s attempted suicide. There Louis is in constant battle with everyone around him. This is the background that leads to memories of his earlier life.
As a child in Bonn, Louis (Colin Pütz) was a musical prodigy. He is pushed by his father, who has dreams of him being a new Mozart. Through his father’s connections as a singer in the court of the Elector, the young Beethoven comes under the supervision of other musicians. He also comes in contact with Tobias Pfeiffer (Sabin Tambrea), a local actor who rooms with the family.
As he becomes a young man, Louis (Anselm Bresgott) continues to grow as a musician. He also suffers the loss of his mother, which sends his father into grief and alcoholism. He comes under the patronage of the von Breuning family and falls in love with Eleonore von Breuning (Caroline Hellwig [de]). But he is below the family’s social station and any match between them is forbidden. To recreate the atmosphere of Beethoven’s era, it was decided to use a few replicas of period instruments made by a modern piano maker Paul McNulty.
Quoted from Wikipedia