In Search of Beethoven

The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven.

From Seventh Art Productions, the makers of In Search of Mozart, award-winning filmmaker Phil Grabsky returns with a new feature-length biographical film In Search of Beethoven. After many successful screenings all over the world, the film is still being shown in selected cinemas. In April 2011, Phil Grabsky will be attending a number of special screenings in the USA – check out the details on our screenings page.

In Search of Beethoven is now available to purchase on DVD from the Seventh Art website. The DVD contains a bonus disk – see ‘further extracts’ for details.

WINNER

GOLD PLAQUE DIRECTION Chicago Hugo Awards

WINNER

BEST SCREENPLAY
Starigrad Paklenica Film Festival

Reviews

5/5
"10/10 the best film I've ever seen about a composer"
The Sun Herald
5/5
“Beethoven is like the Citizen Kane of the genre”
Slant Magazine
5/5
“An exemplary musical biopic”
The Australian
4/5
“Gripping”
Wall Street Journal
4.3/5
"Beautifully lensed and intelligently crafted”
Variety
4.5/5
“Absorbing and mischievous analysis of Beethoven’s piano writing from Emanuel Ax”
BBC Music Magazine
4.5/5
“An endearing human biography, every bit as wonderful a In Search of Mozart”
Chicago Tribune
4.5/5
“Exhilarating, A must see”
The Listener
4.5/5
“Enormously insightful, lots of music exquisitely performed”
Time Out London

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