The Life of Beethoven (1927)

Director: Hans Otto Löwenstein

Filmed in Austria for the hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's death, this 1927 silent film tells the story of the German genius' eventful emotional life. Presented in a restored version and with rearranged music, a biopic to be savored with ears wide open.

Cast

Fritz Kortner

Ludwig van Beethoven

Lilian Gray

Giulietta Guiccardi

Dely Drexler

Therese von Brunswick

Heinz Altringen

Willy Schmieder

Fürst Lichnowsky

Ernst Baumeister

Joseph Haydn