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Beethoven Lives Upstairs
SUBJECTS
--- Biography; Music/Classical; World/Austria;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Grieving; Disabilities; Talent;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Responsibility; Caring.
Age: 9 - 12; Not Rated; Drama; 1989; 52 minutes; Color.
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This charming movie, made for children, describes the time when Ludwig van Beethoven, deaf and very angry about it, is attempting to finish his famous Ninth Symphony. The movie captivates its young audience by weaving actual events in Beethoven's life with a fictional story featuring a child. The young boy's father has recently died and he desperately needs a friend. This film is the model for the award winning Composers' Specials.
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Description: The father of a family living in Vienna in the 1820s dies, leaving a young son, an infant daughter and a widow. To make ends meet, the family must rent out the father's former study. The first tenant is Ludwig van Beethoven: famous, eccentric, and one of the greatest classical composers. Beethoven has become deaf and he is very, very angry about his disability. Christoph, ten-years-old, initially resents the newcomer but then becomes his friend, sharing Beethoven's triumph in the composition of his Ninth Symphony.
Benefits: This movie introduces Beethoven and his struggle with deafness. It shows that a young boy can survive the grief he feels over his father's death and move on with his life.
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