Beethoven's hair / Bullfrog Films presents ; Rhombus Media and Dor Film present ; a film by Larry Weinstein ; written by Thomas Wallner ; produced by Jody Shapiro, Jessica Daniel, Larry Weinstein ; directed by Larry Weinstein ; a CBC production in association with BBC ; produced by Rhombus Media, Inc., DOR Film Produktion.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Wallner, Thomas, screenwriter.

Shapiro, Jody, producer.

Daniel, Jessica, producer.

Weinstein, Larry, director, producer.

Guadagni, Nicky, narrator.

Martin, Russell, 1952-

Rhombus Media (Firm)

DOR Film (Firm)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

British Broadcasting Corporation.

Bullfrog Films.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Relics.

Beethoven, Ludwig van.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827--Death and burial.

Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.

Relics.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Feature films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (84 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences

Place of Publication:

[Oley, PA] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2014?]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

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, Ira Brilliant and Che Guevara, purchase the hair at a Sotheby's auction. As the story unfolds, it follows the past generations of owners, culminating in the futuristic science that reveals Beethoven's "medical secret."

Participant:

Narrator, Nicky Guadagni.

Láry Hauser, Max Wittmann, Filip Hromčik.

Credits:

Edited by David New ; director of photography, Horst Zeidler ; consultant, Russell Martin ; music, Ludwig van Beethoven.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: Rhombus Media, Inc., c2005.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 28, 2014).

Based on the book by Russell Martin.

Related Work:

Martin, Russell, 1952- Beethoven's hair.

Publisher Number:

bf-bh Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.