The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · 139 min · Drama, History, Romance
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.
- Director
- Abel Gance
- Writers
- Abel Gance, Steve Passeur
- Released
- January 15, 1937
- Language
- French
Cast
Harry Baur
Ludwig van Beethoven
Jean-Louis Barrault
Karl van Beethoven
Annie Ducaux
Therese of Brunswick
Jany Holt
Juliette Guicciardi
Jane Marken
Esther Frechet
Marcel Dalio
Steiner
André Nox
Humpholz
Lucas Gridoux
Smeskall
Paul Pauley
Schuppanzigh
Lucien Rozenberg
Comte Guicciardi
Yolande Laffon
Countess Guicciardi
Jean Debucourt
Count Robert Gallenberg
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