COPYING
BEETHOVEN
KOPIA
MISTRZA
2006,
104 min., USA, Germany, Canada
DIRECTION:
Agnieszka
Holland
SCRIPT:
Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Ashley Rowe
MUSIC:
Ludwig van Beethoven
ART DIRECTION:
Paul Ghirardani, Lorand Javor
EDITING:
Alex Mackie
SOUND:
Tim Hands, Simon Hayes
PRODUCERS:
Sidney Kimmel, Stephen J Rivele, Michael Taylor, Christopher
Wilkinson.
PRODUCED BY:
Copying Beethoven, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Vip2Medienfonds
CAST:
Ed Harris (Ludwig van Beethoven), Diane Kruger (Anna
Holtz), Matthew Goode (Martin Bauer), Phyllida Law (Mother
Canisus), Nicholas Jones (Archduke Rudolph), Ralph Riach
(Wenzel Schlemmer), Joe Anderson (Karl van Beethoven)
Agnieszka
Holland’s newest film is a fictionalized account of
the last year of Beethoven's life. The film follows
the story of Anna Holz, a student in the Vienna Music
Conservatory, who is summoned by her dying mentor to
complete copying the score of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Despite warnings that Beethoven is a harsh master, she
eagerly accepts the assignment, and finds herself unwittingly
drawn into Beethoven's tortured and inspired world.
A strange affection soon blossoms between them. Anna
sees her work with Beethoven as an opportunity to prove
her own talent as a composer, and he sees her as an
inspiration for a brilliant series of string quartets.
The collaboration proceeds amicably until Beethoven
slanders Anna’s talents as a composer, refusing to acknowledge
any of her work. She storms out on him leaving both,
her ambitions and the string quartets unrealized…
Agnieszka
Holland
Born
in 1948 in Warsaw. Director, screenwriter, actress.
She graduated in film directing from FAMU in Prague
in 1971. Started her film career working with Krzysztof
Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, gained notoriety as part
of the "Polish New Wave." Wrote a number of
award winning scripts (No Anesthesia; Love in Germany;
Anna; Korczak) and was consultant on many others including
Kieslowski's film trilogy Three Colors. Recipient of
numerous international awards, also the first "Wings"
Award from the Polish Film Festival in America in 1997
for her outstanding achievements in the art of film
beyond Poland. Member of European Film Academy. From
1981 she has lived and worked mostly in the States and
Western Europe
Filmography:
| 1970 |
Jesus
Christ's Sin (Grzech Boga); |
| 1975
|
An
Evening at Abdon (Wieczor u Abdona); |
| 1977
|
Something
for Something (Cos za cos); |
| 1978 |
Screen
Tests (Zdięcia próbne); |
| 1979 |
Provincial
Actors (Aktorzy prowincjonalni), FIPRESCI
Award in Cannes '80; |
| 1981 |
Fever
(Goraczka), Grand Prix at the Gdansk PFF;
A Lonely Woman (Kobieta samotna),
Special Jury Award at the Gdynia PFF '88;
|
| 1985 |
Angry
Harvest (Gorzkie Żniwa), the Academy nomination
in the Foreign Language Film category; |
| 1988 |
To
Kill a Priest (Zabic ksiedza); |
| 1990 |
Europa
Europa; the Academy nomination for the
Best Screenplay; Golden Globes '92 for the Best
Fpreign Film; NY Film Critics Award; Boston Film
Critics Award. |
| 1991 |
Largo
Desolata; |
| 1992 |
Oliver,
Oliver; |
| 1993 |
The
Secret Garden (Tajemniczy ogród); |
| 1995 |
Total
Eclipse (Całkowite zacmienie); |
| 1997 |
Washington
Square; |
| 1999 |
The
Third Miracle( Trzeci cud); |
| 2001 |
Golden
Dreams (Złote sny);
Shot in the Heart (Strzal w serce);
|
| 2002 |
Julie
Walking Home (Julia wraca do domu); |
| 2004 |
Cold
Case; episodes Hubris and The Plan (Odlozone
akta: odcinki Pycha i Plan);
The Wire; episode Moral Midgetry
(Podsluch: odcinek Moralna mizeria);
|
| 2006 |
A
Girl Like Me: The Gwen Aranjo Story (Dziewczyna
jak ja: historia Gwen Aranjo);
Copying Beethoven (Kopiowanie Beethovena)
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Sunday,
November 4, 2007 at 6:00 pm. (SAM)
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