90 minutes
12/24/2004
The year is 1817. Minon, a five-year-old girl, leaves her aunt Therese of Brunswick, who has raised her like a mother since her birth, to go and live with her parents, the Count and Countess von Stakelberg. One day, Gabrielle, her housekeeper, who is no longer in her right mind, reveals that her real father is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Twenty years later, still intrigued by this confession, Minon decides to unravel the mystery of her origins. She returns to the place of her early childhood, hoping to find the truth with her aunt, who was for years the faithful friend of the great composer.
François Loriquet
as Beethoven
Amira Casar
as Minona
Lara Guirao
as Josephine
Dinara Drukarova
as Charlotte
Valentina Panina
as Gertrude
Viktor Kostetsky
as Lichnovsky
Ivan Krasko
as Muller
Vera Kabanova
as Magdalena
Valeri Krishtapenko
as First receptionist
Sergey Vorobyov
as Second receptionist
Andrey Noskov
as Groom
Marina Solopchenko
as Nurse
Vasilina Strelnikova
as Room maid
Andrey Smirnov
as Doorman
Vyacheslav Zakharov
as Father of the little violinist
Sergey Russkin
Peter Ketnath
as Franz (uncredited)