Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Sidney Kimmel Entertainment ; a VIP Medienfonds 2 and a Michael Taylor production ; a Copying Beethoven Limited (UK)-Eurofilm Studio, KFT, (Hungary) co-production ; produced by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson ; produced by Michael Taylor ; produced by Sidney Kimmel ; written by Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson ; directed by Agnieszka Holland