Cast
Ludwig van Beethoven Tony Britton
Karl van Beethoven Peter Settelen
Anton Schindler Jonathan Burn
Stephan von Breuning Vernon Joyner
Frau von Breuning Yvonne Wells
Housekeeper Clare Welch
Doctor Stuart Hood
Crew
Director Gordon Stainforth
Research, script and production Gordon Stainforth
Production Assistant Giles Foster
Lighting cameraman Peter Ormrod
Sound Recordist Andrew Piddington
Camera Assistant Patrick Duval
Sound Assistant Pat Whittaker
Costumes Berman’s and Nathan’s
Beethoven’s wig Wig Creations
Drapes Jeff Baggott
‘Copy’ of Beethoven sketch Michael Heckford
Sound Mixing RCA Film School
Film Laboratories Ranks (rushes) and Filmatic (final print with commag sound track)
Digital transfer (2015) iDailies
Filmed on location, 19-29 November 1974:
Ranger’s Lodge, Hyde Park
Benington Castle, Hertfordshire
Forty Hill near Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Additional footage by Gordon Stainforth, Vienna, August, 1974
Shot on 16mm film:
Black and white: Kodak Plus-X and Double-X
Colour: Kodak Eastman Color 7254
Cameras used:
Eclair NPR
Beaulieu mute camera for additional footage in Vienna
Beethoven musical extracts used:
Piano Sonata No.29 in B Flat Major, Op.106 ‘Hammerklavier’
…(3rd & 4th movements) – Charles Rosen, CBS Classics, 1971
String Quartet No.15 in A Minor, Op.132
…(III: ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’) – Quartetto Italiano, Philips, 1968
String Quartet No.16 in F, Op.135 (IV: ‘Es muss sein!It must be!’
…– Quartetto Italiano, Philips, 1968
Missa Solemnis in D Major, Op.123 (III: Credo: ‘Et vitam venturi’)
…– Otto Klemperer, New Philharmonia Orchestra, EMI, 1966
Royal College of Art Film School 1975
16mm black & white and colour. Running time: 32:42