Underplayed Gems

Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992)

Beethoven Lives Upstairs poster
Directed by
David Devine
Genre
musical film
Country
Canada
Runtime
51 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young boy named Christoph is unhappy when a loud and messy composer named Ludwig van Beethoven moves into his family's home. Over time, Christoph learns about Beethoven's genius and deafness and they form an unlikely friendship.

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What happens

Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a 1992 HBO Original Film produced and directed by David Devine. Based on a very popular children's audio recording written and directed by Barbara Nichol, the film stars Illya Woloshyn as Christoph, a young boy who develops a friendship with composer Ludwig van Beethoven (Neil Munro), a boarder in the boy's parents' house. The film was shot in Prague in the Czech Republic and has been broadcast in over 110 countries in numerous languages and has sold over one million DVDs. The film is used extensively, thanks to its American Library Association's reviews and awards, in U.S. and Canadian elementary and middle school music classrooms. The film went on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program in 1993, was nominated for 4 Gemini Awards, won the New England Film Festival, and was presented the Award of Excellence from the U.S. National Board of Film Review. Beethoven Lives Upstairs was also admitted to the Permanent Collection in the Paley Center for Media in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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