---
title: 'Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'David Devine'
released: '1992-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 51
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beethoven-lives-upstairs-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096903/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992)

1992 · 51 min · Music · Canada


## Synopsis

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, 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [David Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-devine)
- **Screenplay:** [Heather Conkie](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-conkie)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ludwig van Beethoven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-van-beethoven)
- **Producer:** [David Devine](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-devine-2)

## Cast

- [Fiona Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiona-reid)
- [Illya Woloshyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/illya-woloshyn)
- [Paul Soles](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-soles)
- [Neil Munro](https://cinepixo.com/people/neil-munro)

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