Biography (1970) E4 Beethoven - Michael Jayston

E4 (Brightened, better copy, the original is dark). Beethoven's tragedy, the loss of hearing at a young age, while Napoleon, seen either as a dictator or a hero, was conquering Europe. 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.