British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.
Credits
Eroica Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Jonathan Aris
He was 31, now 53 years old
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as Paul Dorfmueller |
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Frank Finlay
He was 76, 89 years old when he died
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as Josef Haydn |
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Ian Hart
He was 38, now 60 years old
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as Ludwig van Beethoven |
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Jack Davenport
He was 29, now 51 years old
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as Prince Lobkowitz |
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Fenella Woolgar
She was 33, now 55 years old
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as Princess Marie Lobkowitz |
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Robert Glenister
He was 42, now 64 years old
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as Gerhardt |
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Claire Skinner
She was 38, now 59 years old
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as Josephine Deym |
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Trevor Cooper
He was 49, now 71 years old
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as Otto Fisher |
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Lucy Akhurst
She was 27, now 49 years old
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as Therese Brunsvik |
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Joseph Morgan
He was 21, now 43 years old
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as Matthias |
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Tim Pigott-Smith
He was 56, 70 years old when he died
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as Count Dietrichstein |
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Jacob Engelberg
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as Franz |
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Victoria Shalet
She was 21, now 43 years old
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as Kirsten |
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Peter Hanson
He was 25, now 47 years old
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as Wranitzky |
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Anton Lesser
He was 50, now 72 years old
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as Sukowaty |
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Ian Thompson
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as Albrecht Dorfmeuller |
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Leo Bill
He was 22, now 44 years old
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as Reis |
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Celina Liesegang
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as Stella |
Eroica Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Barry Ackroyd as Director of Photography. He was 48 (now 70) years old
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Camera |
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Simon Cellan Jones as Director. He was 40 (now 61) years old
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Directing |
