Beethoven's Hair (2005)

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.

Released Feb. 20, 2005 90 min 7+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-movie, imdb.reenactment, tmdb.composer, tmdb.classical-music, tmdb.ludwig-van-beethoven, tmdb.german, soundmix.dolby, aspectratio.1-78-1

Watch Providers: Stingray Classica Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Rhombus Media, BBC, CBC Films, Canada Television and Cable Production Fund License Program (CTCPF)

Country: Canada
Production Countries: Canada, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
Languages: German, English, Danish