Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
Acting
Harry Baur's tortured, larger-than-life Beethoven.
Direction
Abel Gance's expressionist flourishes and musical sequences.
Score
Beethoven's actual compositions, obviously.
Director
Abel Gance
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
Georges Paulais
Georges Saillard
Breuning
Jean Pâqui
Pierrot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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