Copying Beethoven
- Ed Harris: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Ralph Riach: Wenzel Schlemmer
- Joe Anderson: Karl van Beethoven
- Bill Stewart: Rudy
- Angus Barnett: Krenski
- Viktoria Dihen: Magda
- Phyllida Law: Mother Canisius
- Matthew Goode: Martin Bauer
Sound of silence ( Copying Beethoven ) is an American film drama directed by Agnieszka Holland from the year 2006.
Action
The action takes place in the year 1824. Ludwig van Beethoven with the completion of his Symphony No. 9 in default whose premiere is imminent in a few days. Publisher Schlemmer sends him Anna Holtz as a copyist. Anna Holtz completed a project funded by her father to study music and lives in relationship with engineer Martin Bauer, who hopes his design of a bridge to win a major architectural competition.
Beethoven was the first to doubt whether a woman is suitable for work, but trust holds to her when she makes a change in the symphony, in his opinion, he himself should have come. Despite Beethoven's eccentric behavior both become friends and make the symphony finished.
While working on the symphony, Beethoven not only struggling with his deafness and other diseases, but also worried about his nephew Karl, whom he hopes to train to be a great pianist, but instead continually borrows money from Beethoven to this to squander. Karl discouraging not even hesitate to steal from his uncle, where he is found by Anna.
On the basis of Beethoven's deafness Beethoven Anna assists during the premiere in directing; the performance of the symphony will be a success.
The friendship between Beethoven and the music student is put to the test when Beethoven Martin Bauer's bridge design, believing that it is sterile, destroyed and called Anna's latest composition as " furzissimo ". However, after her desperate reaction he realizes his mistake and helps her with suggestions for improvement and spiritual counsel.
Hopefully both see the premiere of Beethoven's String Quartet recently, the "Great Fugue" counter. The performance is, however, due to the novelty of the piece to failure. Shortly after the premiere of Beethoven collapses and dies shortly thereafter.
Reviews
Michael Rechtshaffen wrote in the magazine The Hollywood Reporter, the presentation by Ed Harris would predestine him for " big prizes ", the audience, however, would find little pleasure in the film. The character of Anna Holtz is a " mixture " of many people and will assist real existing artificial ( "she never feels like anything other than a writer's device" ). The representation of Diane Kruger bring the character no passion.
Ruthe Stein called the San Francisco Chronicle, the idea of the film as "fascinating ". The filmmakers have, however, should focus more on van Beethoven as the " extremely boring" Anna Holtz. Stone praised highly the " tremendous energy " of the presentation by Ed Harris.
" The biopic lined up time historical anecdotes together and provides them with lots of local color, where it is not possible to penetrate to the essence of art. Even theatrically, the film is ambitious, giving unconvincing. "- Encyclopedia of the International film
Awards
Agnieszka Holland won in 2006 the CEC Award for Best Film at the San Sebastian International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Seashell same festival. She was nominated for the Goya Award in 2007.
Andrew Glen was nominated for the Golden Reel Award for sound editing.
Background
The film was shot in London and in Hungary. His cost of production was estimated at 11 million U.S. dollars. The world premiere took place on 30 July 2006, the U.S. Napa -Sonoma film festival; On 10 September 2006, the film was presented at the Toronto Film Festival.