Faking Beethoven

About Faking Beethoven

Beethoven, the world's most famous musician and iconic solitary genius. But what if that image was entirely fabricated… by his own secretary?

Kazuaki Seki's Faking Beethoven is a 2025 fantasy music film. Released in September 2025, it runs 115 minutes.

The story is adapted from a novel.

Yuki Yamada takes the lead as Anton Felix Schindler, Arata Furuta as Ludwig van Beethoven, Shota Sometani as Thayer, and Fuju Kamio as Holz. The screenplay is by Bakarhythm. Production companies include Amazon MGM Studios and Shochiku.