

Explanation might also be needed about his deafness. They may tend to buy into the events a little too much. The 'monster' of course turns out to Beethoven! When showing it to young children as part of a class, it is recommended that one should give a bit of background on exactly who Beethoven is and that these events are not happening in real time.

The young boy goes through an adjustment period after having lost his father, that is compounded by having what appears at first glance to be a monster living upstairs in his house. It is very definitely kid friendly as opposed to "Immortal Beloved" because of the content. I have shown it to my piano students to give them a better understanding of the life of Beethoven.
BEETHOVEN 7TH SYMPHONY MOVIE MOVIE
I have seen this movie many times and even own it. I give Amadeus an A- (9 out of 10) if anyone cares to know, but Beethovan Lives Upstairs gets an F (1 out of 10). How is it possible to compare composers when given the movie Amadeus, for Mozart, and Beethovan Lives Upstairs, for Beethovan? It's not possible to do that when this is the choice of movie for Beethovan. The biggest thing that I don't understand is why my World History class couldn't just watch Immortal Beloved or something. movies in my time, but this was not one of them. movie from Canada and probably cost $10 to make, but please, they could have done better. My Friend compared it to a home movie without the date display in the bottom right corner. The acting was horrific, the costumes were ugly (the little boy's was especially ugly and girlish), and the cinematography was z-grade. We watched Amadeus first and it was a very good movie, but when she had us watch this movie directly after that, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

In my World History class, our teacher had us watch this movie and Amadeus to be able to compare the two composers or something. But there are some flaws, such as the fact that this movie says that Beethoven is working on his 7th Symphony when in reality he is working on the 9th.īeethovan Lives Upstairs is a very bad movie. Neil Munro does a decent job as Beethoven. Illya Woloshyn is excellent as Christoph and he looks a lot like Kevin Zegers from 'Air Bud'. Its cinematography is refined and classic, with unquestionable beauty. This film was shot in Prague (Czech Republic) and Canada. People like Beethoven were poor, lonely and worked hard for their music, so it's understandable that they were bitter. In real life, Beethoven was known for his temper as much as for his musical talent. Many people still cannot put up with Beethoven because he has a short temper. But, even though Beethoven wins the boy's respect, he doesn't convince everyone. But when he learns that Beethoven has a miserable life, works very hard and wants to change the world with his music, he understands him better and develops a friendship with him. For him, Beethoven is a fruitcake, literally. Overhearing the noise all day long drives him crazy. Like most people, Cristoph can't stand living near Beethoven. Guess what, Beethoven is Cristoph's upstairs neighbor, hence the film's title. This less than 60 minutes movie is not only about Beethoven but also about a high-society young boy named Cristoph. 'Beethoven Lives Upstairs' cannot be considered a biographical film, but more of an introduction to Beethoven aimed mostly at youngsters.
BEETHOVEN 7TH SYMPHONY MOVIE TV
Bernard named after the famous musician and this TV movie in the same year. 1992 must have been Beethoven's year in cinema: we got a movie about a lovable St. Frankly, if you can see beyond that, it's actually relatively enjoyable. Okay, for a TV movie this one isn't very bad.
