Dec 16,1994
Hollywood Movies | Drama | Romance | Music
The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life.
nudity | There are several very brief scenes of female nudity. Only one is shown in full for a second, the rest are glimpses of bare breast, (One woman is shown clearly removing her top and her full chest is shown. A man and woman are in bed naked and the blanket is pulled off of them. The man is visible down to his stomach and the woman quickly covers herself with a big pillow. There is a scene during a war that shows things happening in different places at the same time. The views jump from point to point - in one place a countess is pulled down by one soldier while another rapes her. The picture jumps between this and another scene of cannons destroying a house. There are two or three very brief shots of the rape happening and no nudity is shown. A man grabs ahold of a prostitute in a dark alley, forcing kisses upon her and reaching up her skirt, before letting her go. This scene is shadowed and very brief. |
violence | A man throws a fit or rage and breaks furniture in a room, throwing a chair though a window. A scene of war where cannons are firing everywhere and people are hiding inside houses as the ceilings fall apart. A young boy is killed in an explosion. A woman is raped by a soldier (see above desciption) and has her throat cut (we her a slice sound and hear her faint gasps as blood trickes across her neck. A man wrestles with another man in anger causing him to have a coughing fit that results in him coughing up blood. A young man is slapped in the face by another man. A young boy is beaten by his father (we see the fathers back and he hits the boy across the head hard and repeatedly. ) A young man attempts to shoot himself but is clumbsy and gets only a cut-like bullet wound. He is later shown with bloody bandages on his head. |
profanity | Not too much swearing, occasional words such as: sh**, A**, bast***, b**ch, wh*re, da**, he**. (It seems like alot when listed, but they are spread out.) |
alcohol | Wine is drunk at a regal dinner several people are shown at a pub drinking beer. several different men are shown drunk, and one attempts to shoot himself. And older man gulps down a large glass of beer. |
frightening | The war scene is pretty intense for young viewers The beating of a young boy from his father is pretty harsh. There is alot of yelling throughout the whole movie. Some younger children could be frightened by the angry men. |