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Immortal Beloved | |
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Directed by | Bernard Rose |
Written by | Bernard Rose |
Produced by | Stephen McEveety Bruce Davey |
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Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
Edited by | Dan Rae |
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Distributed by | Entertainment Film Distributors (United Kingdom)[1] Majestic Films International (International; via Icon Productions) Sony Pictures Releasing (Select territories)[2] |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States |
Languages | English Hungarian |
Box office | $9.9 million[2] |
Immortal Beloved is a 1994 biographical film written and directed by Bernard Rose and starring Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbé, Isabella Rossellini and Johanna ter Steege. The film narrates the life of composer Ludwig van Beethoven (played by Oldman) in flashbacks while it follows Beethoven's secretary and first biographer Anton Schindler's (Krabbé) quest to ascertain the true identity of the Unsterbliche Geliebte (Immortal Beloved) addressed in three letters found in the late composer's private papers. Schindler journeys throughout the Austrian Empire interviewing women who might be potential candidates, as well as through Beethoven's own tumultuous life.