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
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00:00:04 (BIRDS CHIRPING)
00:06:37 He was kind enough to send me.
00:09:00 You will bring it to me, you personally, to my apartment
00:13:18 I'm not a well man. I've rheumatism, gout, water on the lungs.
00:15:56 "That wonderful bulge and the slender taper.
00:19:02 - Copy my work. - So let her.
00:21:47 - Take her to the Sacred Heart. - Yes, sir.
00:24:06 (KEYS RATTLING)
00:29:12 - From where, Maestro? - From the beginning, you idiot!
00:32:04 I'm not what everybody says about me, Miss Holtz.
00:34:20 Kiss me.
00:38:01 - Of course, Maestro. - And which is your favorite?
00:40:27 To spend an evening with you, I would even listen to Beethoven.
00:44:44 KARL: Uncle.
00:47:08 That sounds like a very Ionely religion.
00:52:16 He wanted me to stand in the wings and read time for him.
00:54:53 - You look like a woman. - Thank you.
01:10:07 See, here. See, this is where God lives. Not in the head.
01:12:18 (BLOWING RASPBERRY)
01:15:21 - Get back to your room. - It's all right, Mother.
01:22:07 I've been waiting for you.
01:24:21 Make a note of that. Beethoven didn't like that one.
01:28:58 You did it! You did it!
01:32:52 After the pianissimo, the canon resumes.