Eroica

Eroica is a BBC television film that dramatises the first performance of Beethoven's third symphony, 'Bonaparte', to his patron Prince Lobkowitz and his guests, including Joseph Haydn. Later, Beethoven and Ries visit an inn, where they learn that Bonaparte has declared himself the French emperor. Beethoven loses respect for Napoleon and changes the symphony's title to 'Eroica'. (Summary by nikiforos)