Ludwig van Beethoven in film

The composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been the subject of a number of biographical films. List of films A now-lost French silent film called Beethoven was mentioned in the press in January 1913, and there were at least a further six silent films about Beethoven before 1927. The Life of Beethoven (German: Das Leben des Beethoven) is a 1927 Austrian silent drama film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner as Beethoven. Un grand amour de Beethoven was directed in 1936 by Abel Gance; it stars Harry Baur. Albert Bassermann portrayed Beethoven in the 1941 film The Great Awakening. Steven Geray portrayed Beethoven in the 1943 short film Heavenly Music (1943). Eroica is a 1949 Austrian film depicting the life and works of Beethoven (Ewald Balser). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by Walter Kolm-Veltée, produced by Guido Bagier with Walter Kolm-Veltée and written by Walter Kolm-Veltée with Franz Tassié. Erich von Stroheim portrayed Beethoven in the 1955 French film, Napoléon. In 1962, Walt Disney produced a made-for-television, largely fictionalised, life of Beethoven titled The Magnificent Rebel, starring Karlheinz Böhm as Beethoven. The fil