Ludwig van Beethoven Movie Trailers

The Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio Trailer (2025)

15 March 2025

Following a string of awe-inspiring Met performances, soprano Lise Davidsen stars as Leonore, who risks everything to save her husband from the clutches of tyranny.

The King's Speech Trailer (2010)

26 November 2010

The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II.

Knowing Trailer (2009)

19 March 2009

A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.

Fantasia Trailer (1940)

13 November 1940

Walt Disney's timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound! See the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again.

The Nightingale Trailer (1981)

31 December 1981

A short, stop-frame animation. The film uses puppets to tell Hans Christian Andersen's tale about the song of a nightingale heard by the little kitchen girl at the Emperor of China's palace.

Eroica Trailer (1972)

14 June 1972

A concert-film using innovative cinematic techniques to set music to images. As conductor Herbert von Karajan didn't like the experimental style, he had the film re-edited severely before release.

Star Trek: Insurrection Trailer (1998)

11 December 1998

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 Trailer (1977)

31 December 1977

Karajan's very best video Beethoven 9th Symphony, recorded December 31, 1977. The Quartet of vocal soloists and Chorus in IV are superb.

The White Disease Trailer (1937)

21 December 1937

In a country whose people have just been successfully persuaded of their superiority and the justification for military expansion by the fiery speeches of a dictator, the bacillus of a highly destructive form of leprosy has spread.

Apasionadamente Trailer (1944)

19 May 1944

The romance between a young aristocratic woman and an unlucky painter that takes place in the lakes of Bariloche.

Fantasia 2000 Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Blending lively music and brilliant animation, this sequel to the original 'Fantasia' restores 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' and adds seven new shorts.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Recording of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan playing Beethoven's 7th Symphony.

Beethoven: Fidelio Trailer (2020)

26 July 2020

Beethoven’s only opera is a masterpiece, an uplifting story of risk and triumph. In this new production, conducted by Antonio Pappano, David Butt Philip plays the political prisoner Florestan, and Lise Davidsen his wife Leonore (disguised as ‘Fidelio’) who daringly sets out to rescue him.

Lola Trailer (1961)

03 March 1961

A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.

Immortal Beloved Trailer (1994)

16 December 1994

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss.

Häxan Trailer (1922)

18 September 1922

Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients.

First Name: Carmen Trailer (1983)

01 December 1983

A woman involved with a terrorist group becomes dangerously close to the police officer guarding the bank they plan to rob.

Dance of Fire Trailer (1949)

08 June 1949

The sometimes profound, sometimes slightly sordid tale of Elena, a famous concert pianist who, as a child, was sexually assaulted by a circus clown while the music of Manuel de Falla "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent.

Welcome Home Trailer (1995)

10 February 1995

Yuriko, once a concert pianist, now practices home-making while husband Takashi stays out late with co-workers, leaving her to decay into severe mental illness.

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero Trailer (1993)

15 January 1993

The supremely world-weary Lemmy Caution, last seen in Godard's "Alphaville" (France/1965), has several strange encounters while trying to make his way from the former East Germany to "the west.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Overture to a New War Trailer (1993)

18 December 1993

Reinhard von Müsel and Yang Wen-li return to their respective homes, one victorious and the other defeated.

Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008 Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich.

Sound! Euphonium: Ensemble Contest Trailer (2023)

04 August 2023

Awaiting new club leader Kumiko is the Ensemble Contest, and the school's preliminary competition to determine the representative team to participate.

Sant'Elena, piccola isola Trailer (1943)

26 June 1943

The last days of Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena.

King Lear Trailer (1988)

22 January 1988

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Beethoven: Symphony 9 by Riccardo Muti Trailer (2014)

18 September 2014

Experience what Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti calls “the work of a divine architect” in this special encore presentation of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Oh, Woe Is Me Trailer (1993)

08 September 1993

This complex allegorical tale tells the story of man’s quest for spiritual meaning. When God enters the body of 1980s filmmaker Simon Donnadieu, his wife Rachel realizes that something has gone awry, but chooses to remain faithful to her erratically-behaving husband.

The Lorry Trailer (1977)

27 May 1977

In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script.

Claro de luna Trailer (1942)

23 October 1942

Two twins fall in love with the same man and he thinks he only loves one woman.

Sorrows Trailer (1969)

31 December 1969

Set to music by Beethoven, this lyrical portrait moves from a chilled and misty exterior to the crystalline interior of the Swiss chateau that King Ludwig II built for Wagner.

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 5 Trailer (2007)

09 January 2007

Under the guidance of famed American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, Polish classical pianist Krystian Zimerman and the Vienna Philharmonic deliver a rousing performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concertos nos.

The Clock Stopped at Midnight Trailer (1959)

27 February 1959

A group of resistance members are fighting Germans in the occupied Minsk during WWII.

Für Elise Trailer (1992)

14 July 1992

Classical animation made on celluloid. Music by Ludvig van Beethoven (Bagatelle in A minor WoO 59).

The Power of Speech Trailer (1988)

31 December 1988

Godard blends elements of literature, cinema and other artistic medias from different historical periods in order to make a stance on how words can be subverted and manipulated to many different contexts, sometimes bearing a similar significance to the original material or even creating an alternate context.

Poslední zkouška Trailer (1977)

21 April 1977

Planet Parade Trailer (1984)

15 December 1984

A rare astronomical phenomenon — the parade of planets — has a strange effect on several men. The heroes of the film — an astrophysicist, locksmith, salesman, architect, loader, trolley bus driver — are called up for military training, which ends ahead of time.

Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5 - Uchida, Rattle Trailer (2018)

07 December 2018

There is hardly a better way to approach Ludwig van Beethoven than through his piano concertos. Beethoven’s own instrument was the piano, and in his improvisations – which made him the darling of the Viennese salons – he merged virtuosity and unbridled expression.