The shamelessly popular, shamelessly Oscar-nominated A SONG TO REMEMBER (1945), with Cornell Wilde coughing up blood on the ivories as Chopin, engendered a spate of famous composer agony-epics: Paul Henried as Schumann and Robert Walker as Brahms in SONG OF LOVE, Jean-Pierre Aumont as
Rimsky-Korsakov in SONG OF SCHEHEREZADE, Dirk Bogarde as Liszt in SONG WITHOUT END. IMMORTAL BELOVED, with Gary Oldman shredding the scenery as Beethoven, is a throwback to these clanky, contrived, and unintentionally campy monuments to the intersection of high culture and Hollywood taste.
When Ludwig Van Beethoven died in Vienna in 1827, he left behind a loving last letter addre...
Released:
1994
Rated:
R
Length:
123 mins