06 Jun 1997
A Wolf Teeth Necklace
Algimantas Puipa directed this 1997 drama about a painter wrestling with childhood memories of his father being exiled to Siberia.
The Life of Beethoven
Filmed in Austria for the hundredth anniversary of Beethoven's death, this 1927 silent film tells the story of the German genius' eventful emotional life. Presented in a restored version and with rearranged music, a biopic to be savored with ears wide open.
Top Billed Cast
Fritz Kortner Ludwig van Beethoven
Lilian Gray Giulietta Guiccardi
Dely Drexler Therese von Brunswick
Heinz Altringen Willy Schmieder Fürst Lichnowsky
Ernst Baumeister Joseph Haydn
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