Louis van Beethoven
(2020)
Regisseur:
Niki SteinSchauspieler:
Tobias Moretti, Colin Pütz, Anselm Bresgott, Ulrich Noethen, Ronald Kukulies, Cornelius Obonya, Silke Bodenbender, Caroline Hellwig, Peter Lewys Preston, Johanna Gastdorf, Sabin Tambrea, Jürgen Hartmann, Manuel Rubey, Cloé Heinrich, Tatiana Nekrasov, Gabriela LindlLudwig van Beethoven, dessen Geburtstag sich 2020 zum 250. Mal jährt, zählt zu den herausragenden Komponisten der Musikgeschichte. Seine Ode "An die Freude" ist die Hymne der Europäischen Union. Hinter seinen Mythos blickt der aufwendig inszenierte, fiktionale Spielfilm "Louis van Beethoven", der sich auf drei Lebensabschnitte fokussiert. Der Jungpianist Colin Pütz spielt das Wunderkind der Bonner Kindheitstage, Anselm Bresgott den rebellischen, jugendlichen Beethoven und Tobias Moretti das vereinsamte und taube Genie am Ende seines Lebens. Kunstvoll bettet Niki Stein als Autor und Regisseur biografische Episoden des Künstlers in den historischen Kontext ein, der durch das Gedankengut der Aufklärung und die gesellschaftlichen Umwälzungen der Französischen Revolution geprägt worden war.
1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis' heart; he doesn't want to serve a master - only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.
1779. Eight-year-old Ludwig van Beethoven, called "Louis", is already known as a musical prodigy. He learns to go his own way - much to the dismay of the people around him. Some years later, he meets Mozart during times of political upheaval. The unconventional genius and French Revolution are sparking a fire in Louis' heart; he doesn't want to serve a master - only the arts. Facing times of family tragedies and unrequited love, he almost gives up. However, Louis makes it to Vienna to study under Haydn in 1792, and the rest is history. Who was this man, whose music has since touched countless hearts and minds? At the end of his life, the master is isolated by loss of loved ones and hearing. Surely though, he was way ahead of his times.
