Eroica
2003 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 685 VOTES · DIR. Simon Cellan Jones
Overview
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depicts the first performance of Beethoven's Third Symphony, June 9th, 1804, in Vienna, Austria. Prince Lobkowitz (Jack Davenport) has invited friends to listen to Beethoven conduct his new symphony for the first time. Among the aristocratic attendees are Count Dietrichstein (Tim Pigott-Smith), Countess Brunsvik (Claire Skinner), and composer Josef Haydn (Frank Finlay). The actual musical score is performed by the Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique, under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner.
Dialogue Timeline — 480 lines
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00:00:45 There are some extra fellows coming for today's rehearsal.
00:02:47 He's got a rather aggressive way of doing it. My friend Menzel says he'll be back.
00:05:12 Thank you.
00:07:24 - What did it cost, Paul? - A florin, Your Highness.
00:09:57 - It does, doesn't it? - It does, it does. Well, here it does, anyway.
00:11:48 I could.
00:13:57 My wife says it's about Napoleon.
00:16:31 And some of it's hard to follow. It keeps changing.
00:25:31 Gentlemen.
00:32:55 Hardly worth hurrying for.
00:48:38 I don't think it's concluded yet. Is it?
00:49:51 I mean, somebody has to be.
00:51:15 He calls himself first consul, but there are only three.
00:52:31 On the other hand, if he misses his breakfast, he'll revolt. "To the barricades. I'm starving. "
00:54:14 and then, if...
00:55:25 I agree. I am a useless businessman who's bad at arithmetic.
00:57:01 Desperately, I want peace.
00:58:42 I take it I'm not good enough for you.
01:00:25 No.
01:05:44 Well, couldn't he before?
01:07:04 When is the end coming?
01:08:10 - And nor will you ever be. - How do you know?
01:09:48 Excellent.
01:17:57 He's placed himself at the centre of his work.