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The Beethoven Files

Die Akte Beethoven (2013)

Documentary, Biographical, Historical, Music | Germany

Director: Ralf Pleger, Hedwig Schmutte

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Rating: 7.1/10

SYNOPSIS

When the composer Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna at the age of 56, a will turns up that he had written 25 years before his death. It reveals: Beethoven is already practically deaf at the age of 31, even before he has composed...

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Writer: Christian Beetz, Hedwig Schmutte

Producer: Christian Beetz, Kathrin Isberner

RUNTIME: 51 min

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