"Ed Harris's performance as Beethoven is pure, raw music" (US Weekly) in this captivating drama filled with "beauty and intensity most other films can't match." (Chicago Tribune) When young Anna Holz (Diane Kruger), a Viennese music student is asked to transcribe scoring notes for the great Ludwig van Beethoven (Harris), she eagerly accepts, despite warnings about his volatile behavior. Part maestro and part madman, Beethoven reluctantly relies on Anna to help him realize the crowning achievement of a lifetime - his illustrious Ninth Symphony.