In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein set out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. It was supposed to be about how far we have come in the two hundred years since it was written. But when world events pull Larry into his own film, the question becomes a deeply personal one.
”Beethoven’s” Nine is a documentary about music, but also about war and hope. It follows nine unique individuals, including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf composer, a Polish rock star, a best-selling author, a legendary cartoonist and Weinstein himself, as they try to better understand the legacy of Beethoven’s Ninth, the composer’s own struggles, the inspiration music can provide and how humanity continues to look for hope even in the darkest times.
Writer/Director: Larry Weinstein
Producers: Jason Charters, Bernhard von Hülsen, Liam Romalis, Maria Willer
Executive Producers: Wolfgang Bergmann, Sarah Polley
Editor: David New
Cinematographers: John Minh Tran, Sven Jakob-Engelmann, Filip Drożdż
A production by 3B-Produktion and Riddle Films
In co-production with ZDF and SRG SSR
In association with ARTE and TVO
In collaboration with NRK, SVT and YLE
Distribution by Unitel
