Beethovens Hair

Beethovens Hair traces the unlikely journey of a lock of hair cut from Beethovens 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 Sothebys auction The story then looks at the locks previous owners and culminates in the science that reveals Beethovens medical secret Set to a lush score of some of Beethovens most glorious music the film explores the world of forensic testing in sharp relief against the romance of 19thcentury Vienna and the horrors of 20thcentury Nazi Germany