Immortal Beloved (DVD)

The Comedy Is Over ================== The troubled life of Ludwig Van Beethoven is the subject matter of this biopic. His story is told through the eyes of Anton Schindler, his secretary for many years who is attempting to conclude his affairs after his death. His estate is bequeathed in a letter to his "immortal beloved", much to the annoyance of his brother,this is his dying wish. The question is who is this mysterious woman? Conclusion ========== Most people know at least some of the story of Beethoven, the fact that he started to go deaf quite early in his life and most people will know some of his ...  Read the complete review

Immortal Beloved is a 1994 film starring Gary Oldman as the composer, Ludwig Van Beethoven. The premise of the film centres on the finding of a letter in Beethoven's personal effects after his death. The letter is addressed simply to 'My Immortal Beloved' and becomes the obsession of Beethoven's former secretary, Anton Schindler. Schindler, (Jeroen Krabbé - The Living Daylights, Ocean's Twelve), takes it upon himself to find the identity of this mysterious woman. He retraces the life of Beethoven, interviewing people who had known him. In particular, he focuses on several women who, for different reasons and at different times in his life, could have been ...  Read the complete review

Beethoven is a composer most people have heard of - well known for his dramatic symphonies and for being deaf. Through his letters, and the note pad he used for communicaing, a great deal has been gleaned about his lfie, but mysteries remain - who was the woman to whom he wrote some of his most passionate love letters, and why was he so obsessed with rearing his young nephew? "Imortal Beloved" begins with the death of Beethoven (Gary Oldman)and follows Schindler, long time friend of the composer, in his efforts to find the 'imortal beloved' to whom the maestro has left his worldly goods. Schindler visits the women he knows have been ...  Read the complete review

Beethoven, as far as small children and a lot of people are concerned is Charles Grodin and a slobbering St Bernard dog. However, there is a far more famous and gifted person – Ludwig van Beethoven. Director Bernard Rose titled his Beethoven biopic, Immortal Beloved, a phrase the composer used in his will to describe a mystery woman he had loved and lost and to whom he bequeathed all his worldly goods. Roses sumptuous reproduction of Beethovens (Gary Oldman) later years is as good a job of a biopic as the movies are going to make. Rose gives the story an unusual twist making it a whoisit ( instead of a whodunit ) film trying to ...  Read the complete review