In a mixture of feature film, music documentary and animated comics, historical facts are retold, analyzed and interpreted in modern settings. Ludwig van Beethoven, played by Lars Eidinger, becomes a contemporary of today's audience. Quick-tempered, irascible, curmudgeonly - that is the common image of Ludwig van Beethoven, the composer with the wild lion's mane. But there is also another Beethoven - young, seductive, spirited and, above all, combative.
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Ralf Pleger Director · Hedwig Schmutte Director Christian Beetz Writer
First release October 30, 2013 · Produced in Germany · Production ARTE, Beetz Brothers Film Production
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Germany · October 30, 2013
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