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"What would the world be like without Beethoven?" That’s the provocative question posed by this music documentary from Deutsche Welle. To answer it, the film explores how Ludwig van Beethoven's innovations continue to have an impact far beyond the boundaries of classical music, 250 years after his birth.
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Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −10 min on the typical 96
typical 9686Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 37 countries
+27Released
2020
September 15, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryTV MovieHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
GermanMade in
Germany
and 11 more24 people
- Sarah WillisSelf - Presenter
- TAThomas AngyanSelf
- Chico BuarqueSelf
- Wynton MarsalisSelf
- Van Dyke ParksSelf
- Rudolf SchenkerSelf
- John WilliamsSelf
- Ian AndersonSelf
- Billy BraggSelf
- CGClive GillinsonSelf
Matthias GoerneSelf- AHAlexander HoetzingerSelf
Paavo JärviSelf- NLNorbert LammertSelf
Jan LisieckiSelf- KMKatie MahanSelf
- GMGabriela MonteroSelf
Gaby MorenoSelf- JSJohanna StaemmlerSelf
- HWHorst WittnerSelf
Jeff BurrellSelf - Narrator (voice)
Marianne GraffamSelf - Narrator (voice)- SMScott MartingellSelf - Narrator (voice)
- RMRobin MerrillSelf - Narrator (voice)
Directing · 1
- Martin Roddewig Director
Production · 7
- Rolf Rische Executive Producer
- Hans Christoph von Bock Producer
- Susanne Lenz-Gleissner Producer
- Bernhard Fleischer Producer
- Michaela Noa Production Manager
- Judit Stassak Line Producer
Camera · 2
- JJ Sereday Director of Photography
- Christopher Rowe Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Lena Rem Editor
- Susanne Dollnig Colorist
Sound · 4
- Paul Stula Sound
- Nils Plambeck Sound
- Oliver Brod Sound Mixer
- Fabian Lackas Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Alondra Gruzman Makeup & Hair
- Susanne Emmrich Makeup & Hair
- Jeanne Gröllmann Makeup & Hair
Other crew · 1
- Markus Aha Post Production Supervisor
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