
Beethoven's Hair

Beethoven's Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethoven's corpse and unravels the mystery of his tortured life and death. The film begins in modern times, when a pair of Beethoven enthusiasts purchase the hair at a Sotheby's auction. The story then looks at the lock's previous owners and culminates in the science that reveals Beethoven's "medical secret". Set to a lush score of some of Beethoven's most glorious music, the film explores the world of forensic testing in sharp relief against the romance of 19th-century Vienna and the horrors of 20th-century Nazi Germany.
Genre: Action, Documentary
Actor: Nicky Guadagni, Michael Fletcher, Matt Cahill, Alfredo Guevara, Renée Guevara, Ira F. Brilliant, Michelle Wassard Larsen, Esther Taylor
Director: Larry Weinstein
Country: Canada, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Produced By: Rhombus Media, BBC, CBC Films, Canada Television and Cable Production Fund License Program (CTCPF)
Runtime: 90
Release: 2005
Rating: 6 out of 10
Language: Dansk, Deutsch, English, en,
Views: 125
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Quality: DVD
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