Beethoven (film) Beethoven (film) Beethoven is a 1992 family comedy film, directed by Brian Levant and starring Charles Grodin and Bonnie Hunt as George and Alice Newton. The film is the first in the series of "Beethoven" films. It was written by John Hughes (under the pseudonym Edmond Dantès) and Amy Holden Jones. The story centers on a St. Bernard dog named after the composer Ludwig van Beethoven and owned by the Newton family. "Beethoven" co-stars Nicholle Tom as Ryce Newton, Christopher Castile as Ted Newton, Sarah Rose Karr as Emily Newton, Stanley Tucci as Vernon, Oliver Platt as Harvey, and Dean
Beethoven in film Beethoven in film The composer Ludwig van Beethoven has been the subject of a number of biographical films. "The Life of Beethoven" (German: "Das Leben des Beethoven") is a 1927 Austrian silent drama film directed by Hans Otto and starring Fritz Kortner as Beethoven. "Un grand amour de Beethoven" was directed in 1937 by Abel Gance; it stars Harry Baur. Albert Bassermann portrayed Beethoven in the 1941 film "The Great Awakening". "Eroica" is a 1949 Austrian film depicting the life and works of Beethoven (Ewald Balser). It was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by