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©2004
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1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Progam notes in English, French and German in container
Period-drama depiction of the private, first performance of Beethoven's "Eroica" symphony at the Lobkowitz Palace in 1805, the momentous musical event that prompted composer Joseph Haydn to remark "Everything is different from today."
Bonus feature: complete, stand-alone performance of the symphony
Writer, Nick Dear; director, Simon Cellan Jones; producer, Liza Marshall
Ian Hart (Beethoven) ; Tim Pigott-Smith (Count Dietrichstein) ; Jack Davenport (Prince Lobkowitz) ; Fenella Woolgar (Marie, Princess Lobkowitz) ; Claire Skinner (Josephine) ; Lucy Akhurst (Therese) ; Frank Finlay (Haydn) ; Leo Bill (Reis [i.e., Ries]) ; music performed by the Orchestre révolutionnaire et romantique ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Produced for BBC Television, 2003
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio16:9
Subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian