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Immortal Beloved (Original title)Nehynoucí Láska (Alternative title)
Dates: 1994 (Copyright), 17 March 1995 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Directed by: Bernard Rose

Synopsis: On the death of Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer's secretary sets out to discover the identity of the "Immortal Beloved" to whom Beethoven bequeathed his worldly goods.

Genre:
Biopic

Subjects:
Music, Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)
Releases
Date: 16 December 1994Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Rankcolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / SDDSRuntime: 121 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (106)
©/Author: Inc. Icon Distribution, Production Company: Icon Productions, Presents/Released by: Columbia Pictures, Filmed in co-operation with: Ltd (Prague) Balzer International Films, International Sales/Distribution by: Majestic Films and Television, Executive Producer: Stephen McEveety, Produced by: Bruce Davey, Czech Unit Manager: Ivan Stefka, Production Manager: Jim Lemley, Production Manager: Chris Silver Finigan, Czech Production Manager: Jaroslav Kucera, Production Co-ordinator: Lil Heyman, Production Co-ordinator: Diane Chittell, Production Accountant: Shauna L. Kroen, Location Manager: Zdenek Fiala, 1st Assistant Director: Lee Cleary, 2nd Assistant Director: Trey Batchelor, 2nd 2nd Assistant Director: Kenneth Michael, Script Supervisor: Eva Z. Cabrera, Casting: Marion Dougherty, Casting Associate (England): Jina Jay, Casting Director (Czech Republic): Petr Hartl, Casting Assistant: Lucie Stocková, Written by: Bernard Rose, Director of Photography: Peter Suschitzky, 1st Assistant Camera: Rawdon Hayne, 2nd Assistant Camera: Adam Suschitzky, Chief Lighting Technician: Pak Gyulay, Rigging Gaffer: Patrick Renault, Key Grip: Charlie Freess, Playback Operator: Zdenek Manych, Video Assist: Petr Zavrel, Stills Photographer: Keith Hamshere, Digital VFX/Computer Gener'd Imagery by: R/Greenberg Associates West, RGAW, Inc (VFX Executive Producer): Tricia Ashford, RGAW, Inc (VFX Supervisor): Stuart Robertson, RGAW, Inc (Computer Graphics Supervisor): Isa Alsup, RGAW, Inc (VFX Producer): Steven T. Puri, Special Effects Co-ordinator: Garth Inns, Special Effects Assistant: Paul Corbould, Special Effects Assistant: Ian Corbould, Jirí Zavrel, Edited by: Dan Rae, Assistant Film Editor: Diana Seel, Warren Paeff, Production Designer: Jirí HlupÝ, Supervising Art Director: John Myhre, Art Director: Olga Rosenfelderová, Assistant Art Director: Vladimír PlananskÝ, Assistant Art Director: Jan Vlasák, Assistant Art Director: Marek HlupÝ, Property Master: Karel Vanásek, Costume Designer: Maurizio Millenotti, Assistant Costume Designer: Alfonsina Lettieri, Gianni Casalnuovo, Costumer: Zuzana Máchová, Mila Vyborny, Wardrobe Supervisor: Rosemary Burrows, Make-up Designer: Fabrizio Sforza, Make-up Artist: Alessandra Sforza, Make-up Artist: Enrico Jacoponi, Ivana Chlostová, Head Hairstylist: Grazia De Rossi, Hairstylist: Italo Di Pinto, Main/End Titles designed/produced by: R/Greenberg Associates West, Title Designer: Kyle Cooper, Opticals by: Pacific Title, Colour Timer: David Orr, Negative Cutter: Mo Henry, Filmed in: Panavision, Colour by: The Rank Laboratories, Prints by: Technicolor, Originated on Eastman Colour Film from: Kodak, Music Director: Sir Georg Solti, Music Supervisor: John Stronach, Executive Music Producer: Sony Classical, Sound Design: Nigel Holland, Sound Supervision: Nigel Holland, Sound Mixer: Peter Glossop, Boom Operator: Shaun Mills, Additional Audio: David Mcmoyler, Digital Recordist: Kim Waugh, Re-recording Mixer: Chris Carpenter, Re-recording Mixer: D.M. Hemphill, Bill W. Benton, Sound Editing by: SounDelux, Dialogue Editor: Clayton Collins, Dialogue Editor: Sarah Goldsmith, Sound Effects Editor: Vic Radulich, Background Effects Editor: Richard Bozeat, ADR Supervisor: Chris Jargo, ADR Editor: James Beshears, ADR Editor: Bill Voigtlander, Foley Supervisor: Christopher Sheldon, Foley Artist: John Roesch, Foley Artist: Hilda Hodges, Foley Editor: Bob Beher, Foley Editor: Philip A. Hess, Stunt Co-ordinator: Ladislav Lahoda, Mr [Gary] Oldman's Piano Tutor: Ian Townsend, Piano Consultant: Ken Smith, Dialect Coach: Penny Dyer, Ms [Isabella] Rossellini's Dialect Coach: Joy Ellison, Publicist: Susan d'Arcy, International Publicist: Corbett & Keene
Cast (46)
Gary Oldman (Ludwig van Beethoven), Jeroen Krabbé (Anton Felix Schindler), Isabella Rossellini (Countess Anna Maria Erdödy), Johanna ter Steege (Joanna Reiss), Marco Hofschneider (Karl van Beethoven), Miriam Margolyes (Nanette Streicher), Barry Humphries (Clemens Metternich), Valeria Golino (Giulietta Guicciardi), Gerard Horan (Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven), Christopher Fulford (Caspar Anton Carl van Beethoven), Alexandra Pigg (Therese Obermayer), Luigi Diberti (Franz Josef Guicciardi), Michael Culkin (Jakob Hotscevar), Donal Gibson (Karl Holz), Matthew North (young Karl van Beethoven), Geno Lechner (Josephine von Brunsvik), Claudia Solti (Theresa von Brunsvik), Rory Edwards (Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg), Hannes Flaschberger (Joseph Deym), Leo Faulkner (young Ludwig van Beethoven), Fintan Mckeown (Johann van Beethoven Sr), Everton Nelson (George Bridgetower), Sandra Voe (Marie Frölich), Bernard Rose (elector Max Friedrich), Jindra Petráková (Lilo Braun), Marek Vasut (custody policeman), Hugo KaminskÝ (magistrate), Stanislav Behal (Ignaz Schuppanzigh), Arnostka Mohelská (Suzanna Guicciardi), Stefán Hlatky (Zoltan), Gordon Lovitt (Metternich's flunky), Anna Kolínská (Fritzi Erdödy), Ruby Rose (Mimi Erdödy), Johan KolínskÝ, Josef KolínskÝ (August Erdödy), Jan Kuzelka (country policeman), Barbora Srncová (Erdödy's servant), Bruce Davey (artillery captain), Jan Censky ([captain]), Tomás Hanák ([Jacob Raicz]), Stanislav Hybler ([sergeant]), Ladislav Kazda ([landlord]), Michael Arthur Miller ([toothless drunk]), Jirí Patocka ([pockmarked tramp]), Petr Pospíchal ([thin man]), Pavel Vondruska ([aristocrat])