He reveals, through his delightful piece, his soul and the inner torment he is suffering. The dramatic scene of his 'Moonlight Sonata' communicated to a deafened ear, expresses all his emotional pain: We listen beautifully what he cannot. Like all pianists of the late 18th century, Beethoven is raised on the sonatas of expressive music at a time when music was regarded as the art of pleasing sounds. He is an hostile, obstinate lover who would fly into a rage at the slightest provocation, but a sensible human being who carries the music in his heart, and whom the thorns of life had wounded so deeply. We are even touched by an artist who yearns to express himself creatively through music. We are invited to watch his treasured feelings. Beethoven is seen impatient, impulsive, unreasonable and intolerant deafness adds suspicion and paranoia to these attributes. We are given a look into the composer's personality. 'Immortal Beloved' is a love story which not only captures the ideas of early 19th century romanticism, but ultimately attempts to fasten the emotional state of the music to the events that Beethoven lived through. Another scene is quite poignant of Beethoven, unaware even that the music had ceased, is also unaware of the tremendous burst of applause that greeted it. With the use of the Ninth Symphony's "Ode to Joy," there is a beautiful shot of young Ludwig floating in the firmament, lost thereafter between the luminous celestial bodies. All of the mentioned women loved Beethoven, and one of them could certainly be his angel, his all, his other self. Along the way, he meets with three candidates: Giulietta Guicciardi, Beethoven's attractive piano pupil, to whom Ludwig dedicated his 'Moonlight' sonata Johanna Reiss, Beethoven's immoral sister-in-law, who 'could not hate the man who could write such music ' and Anna Marie Erdödy, the beautiful Hungarian Countess, who opened her heart to the German composer. Determined not to rest until he discovers the maestro's greatest love, Schindler travels to see several ladies in an attempt to learn the identity of the woman who meant so much to Ludwig van Beethoven. So he framed his film in a puzzled story with Beethoven's confidante searching across Europe for clues. Director Bernard Rose decided it might be interesting to take a guess. No one then, or now, knows who the 'immortal beloved' is. Beethoven's final will and testament are found by the composer's mentor, Anton Felix Schindler (Jeroen Krabbé) who reads that all of Beethoven's music and fortune shall go to his sole heir, his secret passion, his immortal beloved. 'Immortal Beloved' opens with Beethoven's death, followed by his funeral attended by the mourning masses. Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 8 / 10 An unforgettable event of cinematic poetry.
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