Beethoven - days out of one life
Beethoven - Days from One Life (alternative title Der Compositeur ) is a biographical DEFA film from 1976 and has the composer Ludwig van Beethoven as its theme.
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The film depicts the phase of Ludwig van Beethoven's life from 1813, beginning with the world premiere of Beethoven's battle painting Wellington's Victory . The inventor Johann Nepomuk Mälzel , who was involved in the realization of the music, hopes that the creative phase of a "new Beethoven" has begun with his participation. A little later he showed the composer his latest invention, the “ Panharmonikon ”, and other musical apparatus. Beethoven is not very enthusiastic about Mälzel's inventions and instead prefers his own inner voice of art.
On the political and social level, Beethoven advocates the inner morality of people and a democratic order based on the English model with participation of the citizens; In this context, he condemns the nobility and the personal coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte . Beethoven's attitudes earned him the supervision of Prince Metternich's state system. Metternich, however, considers Beethoven to be harmless because his competencies as a composer lie outside politics.
Beethoven himself, meanwhile, has to fight against his increasing deafness. He allows himself to be treated by Johann Malfatti , who, in contrast to Beethoven, who emphasizes the soul in people, only regards the human being as a complicated machine, and receives an ear tube from Mälzel.
On a family level, Beethoven has to deal with his brothers Johann and Kaspar Karl. Pharmacist Johann, who does not share Beethoven's democratic views, is not enthusiastic about having to look after another eater when his brother Ludwig visits, but distributes fake autograph cards from the composer for commercial reasons. The administrative officer Kaspar Karl, on the other hand, annoys the musician with unauthorized marketing of his compositions. Because of his illness, Kaspar Karl asks his brother Ludwig to look after his son Karl later . When Kaspar Karl dies a little later, Beethoven speaks out in favor of raising his nephew correctly.
On a private level, Beethoven has to do with many moves and often changing housekeepers. Both his brothers and the public are amazed that he has neither a wife nor children and instead devotes himself exclusively to his art. Beethoven himself suffers from the fact that he and Josephine Brunsvik can only secretly live out their love for one another because their relationship is not befitting. Beethoven also worries that he might be too poor to be able to marry Josephine. During rehearsals with the concert singer S. for his opera Fidelio, Beethoven believes that someone who is hungry will refuse to eat at some point and comes to the conclusion that the same thing happens to those who seek love for a woman. After this knowledge, Beethoven walks thoughtfully through the streets of Vienna to the present the next time he changes residence.
Reviews
“An entertaining and interesting experiment that can also appeal to a wider audience. Not least a parable on the strength of a person who refuses political snooping and ideological pressure. "
Web links
- Beethoven - Days in a Life in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Beethoven - Days in a Lifetime at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beethoven - Days from a Lifetime. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .