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Beethoven's Great Love

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Original title

Un grand amour de Beethoven

Year

1936

Running time

116 min.

Country

France

Director

Abel Gance

Screenwriter

Abel Gance, Steve Passeur

Cast

Music

Ludwig van Beethoven

Cinematography

Marc Fossard, Robert Lefebvre (B&W)

Producer

Général Productions

Genre

Drama | Music. Deafness. Biography. 19th Century

Synopsis

1801, in Vienna, two young women, his pupils, are in love with him. Thérèse de Brunswick's love remains unrequited even though she and Beethoven are engaged for years; Juliette Guicciardi, whom Beethoven loves but who marries a count, regrets that decision, but by then he and Thérèse are engaged. When Beethoven loses Juliette, he moves to the mill at Heiligenstadt; realizing he's becoming deaf, profound depression sets in. He rejects suicide, holding on to remembered sound and to his work, a dedication assisted by Thérèse and others. In later years, we see his devotion to an ungrateful and thieving nephew, his poverty, the isolation of deafness, and the love of friends.

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Beethoven's Great Love

1936

Abel Gance

6.6

(25)