A la mort de Beethoven en 1827, son secrétaire Anton Schindler découvre que le compositeur a légué tous ses biens à son «immortelle bien-aimée». Dans l'espoir de découvrir l'identité de cette mystérieuse dame, Schindler décide d'aller interroger les anciennes maîtresses du maestro afin de reconstituer la vie sentimentale de celui-ci.

A woman flees to avoid rumors of promiscuity, but is trailed by a reporter who wants to expose her dark past.

Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving back to his parents house and is on the brink of giving up the piano for good when Kilov, a Russian gangster, offers him a unique opportunity: £10,000 if Glenn teaches his daughter Beethoven's "Fur Elise"... in a day.