The Life and Loves of Beethoven backdrop

The Life and Loves of Beethoven

An epic dramatisation that opens in 1801 Vienna, two of Beethoven's young pupils fall in love with him, before focusing on his unrequited and tragic romances, particularly with Juliette Guicciardi and Thérèse de Brunswick. He suffers deep depression and embarks on resilience at a mill in Heiligenstadt upon realising he's losing his hearing.

Release Date: January 15, 1937

Status: Released

Genres:

Drama

History

Romance

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Cast

Harry Baur

Harry Baur

Ludwig van Beethoven

Jean-Louis Barrault

Jean-Louis Barrault

Karl van Beethoven

Annie Ducaux

Annie Ducaux

Therese of Brunswick

Jany Holt

Jany Holt

Juliette Guicciardi

Jane Marken

Jane Marken

Esther Frechet

Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio

Steiner

André Nox

André Nox

Humpholz

Lucas Gridoux

Lucas Gridoux

Smeskall

Paul Pauley

Paul Pauley

Schuppanzigh

Lucien Rozenberg

Lucien Rozenberg

Comte Guicciardi

Yolande Laffon

Countess Guicciardi

Jean Debucourt

Jean Debucourt

Count Robert Gallenberg