Copying Beethoven
Synopsis
As her work of copying down the music of Beethoven proceeds, Anna is drawn into the maestro’s tortured and inspired world. She sees their collaboration as a God-sent opportunity to prove her own talent as a composer; he glimpses in her a pure soul who might help him realize the culmination of his art – the creation of the last string quartets, the most sublime and spiritual music ever written.
Beethoven reveals his growing need and affection for Anna as they work together on the string quartets. She boldly shows Beethoven her own work. Thoughtlessly, he derides it and she leaves him in despair.
Desperate, Anna accepts her longtime paramour, Martin’s, proposal of marriage. Beethoven storms after her - she must choose between Martin and him. Anna tries to flee Vienna but cannot; her destiny is linked to Beethoven’s. She returns to finish their work and finds him dying. From his dictation she copies the last of the quartets. His work on earth done, he frees her to become what he tells her she was born to be – a composer.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 104 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Agnieszka Holland
- Producer
- Sidney Kimmel, Michael Taylor, Stephen J Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
- Screenwriter
- Stephen J Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
- Director of Photography
- Ashley Rowe BSC
- Principal cast
- Ed Harris, Diane Kruger
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Copying Beethoven Ltd
Sales Company
Myriad Pictures
3015 Main Street, Suite 400Santa Monica CA 90405, USA
T+1 310 279 4000
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