Beethoven - Days in a Life
Beethoven – Tage aus einem Leben
Release: 1976-10-14
·Runtime: 108m
·★ 5.2
Drama
History
Music
Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (played by Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and faced by his progressive hearing loss, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman’s poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works on his Ninth Symphony.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Donatas Banionis
as Ludwig van Beethoven
Katja Paryla
as Johanna
Erika Pelikowsky
Gerry Wolff
Herwart Grosse
Hanns-Jörn Weber
Stefan Lisewski
as Johann van Beethoven
Hans Teuscher
as Karl van Beethoven
Leon Niemczyk
as Fürst Andreas Rasumowski
Rolf Hoppe
as Ignaz Schuppanzigh
Fred Delmare
as Johann Nepomuk Mälzel
Günter Wolf
Marita Böhme
as Konzertsängerin S.
Gerd Ehlers
Werner Dissel
as Grisslinger
Angela Brunner
Eberhard Esche
as Beethovens Sekretär
Hannjo Hasse
as Fürst Karl Lichnowski
Wolfgang Greese
Dirk Nawrocki