Beethoven: Eroica

Ian Hart, Tim Pigott-Smith, Claire Skinner, Jack Davenport, Frank Finlay, Fenella Woolgar, Lucy Akhurst, Leo Bill, Peter Hanson, Robert Glenister, Anton Lesser. Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique / Sir John Eliot Gardiner By the time the first public performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.3 (Eroica) took place in Vienna in 1805, a privileged few had already heard the work at a private play-through at the Lobkowitz Palace in June 1804. Nick Dear’s award-winning period drama, starring Ian Hart as Beethoven, brings to life the momentous day that prompted Haydn to remark ‘everything is different from today’. Filmed in 2003. Running time: 129 mins Region Code: All regions Picture format: 16:9 Anamorphic Sound format: LPCM Stereo/DTS Surround Menu language: EN Subtitle languages: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT R E V I E W S: "You could not hope for a stronger cast." -- The Times "A clever and beautifully made dramatisation." -- Sunday Times "This was thrilling stuff, as exc