Question 1

What surprising detail about Gary Oldman's performance as Beethoven is revealed in the film's trivia?

Accepted Answer

Gary Oldman actually played all the Beethoven pieces he performed in the film himself, spending six weeks practicing six hours daily on a Steinway piano to prepare for the role.

Question 2

What historical inaccuracy about Beethoven's assistant is mentioned in the film's trivia?

Accepted Answer

In real life, Schindler was not a close friend of Beethoven, though he served as his secretary, and he's believed to have destroyed many of Beethoven's conversation notebooks.

Question 3

What musical anachronism occurs during Beethoven's performance of the 'Moonlight' Sonata?

Accepted Answer

The sound heard is from a modern concert grand piano, not an early 19th-century fortepiano, making Beethoven's original pedalling markings harder to reproduce exactly.

Question 4

What mystery drives the plot following Beethoven's death in 1827?

Accepted Answer

Beethoven's assistant Schindler searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as 'immortal beloved,' with flashbacks revealing Beethoven's life and struggles.

Question 5

Which actor plays Beethoven's assistant Schindler in the film?

Accepted Answer

Jeroen Krabbé plays the character Anton Felix Schindler, Beethoven's assistant who searches for the 'immortal beloved' after the composer's death.

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