The music master Beethoven (Gary Oldman) died, and his student Schindler (Jeroen Krabbé) found three love letters in his belongings, which were addressed to the "eternal lover", and all of Beethoven's property was left to this mysterious lady. Schindler embarked on a journey to find this "eternal lover" in the hope of fulfilling his teacher's will. His visitors included Julia (Valeria Golino) in Vienna, Countess Anna (Isabella Rossellini) in Hungary, and Joanna (Johanna ter Steege) who lived in Germany. A series of past events unfolded in front of Schindler. It turned out that there were so many lost stories about his teacher's inner and emotional world...