Copying Beethoven
2006 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 14,264 VOTES · DIR. Agnieszka Holland
Overview
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
Dialogue Timeline — 995 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
00:06:39 You said you needed a copyist as a matter of great urgency.
00:09:07 I'll destroy you!
00:13:26 What were you saying?
00:16:09 "I'm afraid, Herr Godhead, you'll have to do it all over."
00:19:30 My farewell to music as I've always known it
00:22:17 Beethoven, the black Catholic? He was nearly excommunicated.
00:26:32 - Excuse me, Herr Schlemmer. - Now, that was Beethoven.
00:30:24 - You should really come and work for me. - Who are you?
00:32:37 And you should hear him play the piano, Anna Holtz.
00:35:33 - I apologize, Maestro. - Did you speak?
00:39:00 Now all I have to do is build the model.
00:42:51 I am the next-door neighbor of Ludwig van Beethoven.
00:45:36 I just saw him. He said nothing of the kind. He didn't come here for that?
00:49:17 The vibrations on the air
00:53:21 And then what does he do? He makes me deaf.
01:08:08 We'll get them drunk and give them a good job!
01:11:04 I have something for you.
01:13:39 Music isn't my calling. I came here to study.
01:16:55 with choosing the correct form.
01:23:21 I tell you what gives me the right.
01:26:12 There are a few points to be worked out, but on the whole it's very good.
01:31:57 No key?
01:35:27 (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)