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.
- Date of release
- 2005-02-20
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Larry Weinstein
Casting
- Nicky Guadagni — narrator
- Michael Fletcher — narrator
- Matt Cahill — narrator
- Alfredo Guevara — self
- Renée Guevara — self
- Ira F. Brilliant — self
- Michelle Wassard Larsen — self
- Esther Taylor — self
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