One of the finest movies about a great musician i've ever seen' the observer. In search of beethoven offers a comprehensive documentary about the life and works of the great composer. Over 65 performances by the world's finest musicians were recorded and 100 interviews conducted in the making of this beautifully crafted film. It delves beneath the mythical image of the tortured, cantankerous genius to search for the real ludwig van beethoven. 2 dvd set. Extras in the edit room complete movements deleted scenes interview with the director review a hit...it was so terrific i wept mail on sundayin search of beethoven is fit for a maestroas good as grabsky's in search of mozart which also took the usual cliches about the man and gently tore them apart evening standardclear, intelligent documentary makingwith some utterly refreshing laugh out loud moments www.classicalsource.com running time 139 minutes region all regions subtitles chinese french german italian japanese spanish release date 28 sept. 2009