Beethoven Lives Upstairs
A young boy learns to appreciate the music of his upstairs boarder, Ludwig Van Beethoven.
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"This movie was told from the point of view of a child, as the title implies, and I believe it largely succeeds for that audience. It's easy to see how a child would find this imposing man frightening - he bosses people around and gets away with it, he's loud, he's peculiar, and he's very angry. The journey for the boy is from fear to awe, and seeing that the Beethoven's pain and struggle had a purpose: it was not madness at all. This is not a comprehensive portrayal of Beethoven, but shows younger viewers that people are not always what they appear, and are worth und..."
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At one point in the film, an angry Christoph is told that Ludwig van Beethoven is working on his Ninth Symphony. He retorts by saying that he hopes it is Beethoven's last. It was. The 9th symphony was finished in 1824, and he died three years later without writing another one.
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A young boy learns to appreciate the music of his upstairs boarder, Ludwig Van Beethoven.