Beethoven - Everything for the Music

A 2020 France TV History Documentary hosted by Stéphane Bern. Audio in French with English subtitles.

Stéphane Bern embarks on a journey that will take him to Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, in the footsteps of one of the greatest composers in history: Ludwig van Beethoven.

Two and a half centuries after his birth, his works continue to be performed and sold all over the world. The man was a visionary who revolutionized his art and bequeathed humanity an exceptional heritage. After growing up in Bonn, Beethoven began his musical career in Vienna where his success hides a terrible secret: the composer has been deaf since he was thirty. He will never hear some of his works.