Today’s post is from Susan at Schimelpfenig Library:
Immortal Beloved (1994) directed by Bernard Rose; starring Gary Oldman, Jeroen Krabbe and Isabella Rosselini.
Usually, I am an audio listener of historical fiction, but I happened to pick up this DVD and it was fabulous! A letter addressed to “Immortal Beloved” was found among the papers of Ludwig von Beethoven when he died. This is fact and the letter is currently in a museum. In the movie, Beethoven’s assistant goes from place to place interviewing the women in the musician’s life in an effort to discover his “Beloved.” We see by flashback what his life was like from childhood on and it is fascinating.
Of course his wonderful music is played throughout the movie, whether we see the musicians or it’s in the soundtrack.
Oh yes, we do find out who Beethoven’s mysterious “Beloved” is in the movie.
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