Ludwig van Beethoven's suffering and torment when faced with gradually losing his hearing in his 30s. His disappointment when Napoleon, seen by Beethoven as a hero, became Emperor. Starring Michael Jayston (Ludwig van Beethoven), Edward Hardwicke (Franz von Brunswick), Charles Leno (Joseph Haydn), John Loder, Judy Parfitt (Josephine Deym), Charles Workman, Georgina Anderson, Roland Pickering, Neil Wilson, Kenneth Benda, Rowena Cooper, David Garth (Prince Lichnowsky), Sheila Ruskin, Alan Adams, Janet Burnell, Keith Marsh, Sarah Frampton, Derek Pollitt. Directed by Mark Cullingham.
