Beethoven's Hair (2005)

Title: Beethoven's Hair

Original Title: Beethoven's Hair

Release Date: 2005-02-20

Status: Released

Rating: 6/10 (from 1 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Documentary

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

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.