Summary This movie is based on the life of Saint Edith Stein. She was a German nun of Jewish descent who had converted to Catholicism. Much of her early life was spent as an outspoken academic. There, according to the movie, she feuded with Joseph Heller, a fellow professor with right wing beliefs. In 1933, after Jews were no longer allowed to teach, she became a nun in the Spartan-like Carmelite order, but when World War II heated up, Heller, who had become an important Nazi official, took his revenge; he had her deported to Auschwitz. View more details
Directed : Márta Mészáros
Written : Márta Mészáros Roberta Mazzoni Éva Pataki
Stars : Jan Nowicki Maia Morgenstern Elide Melli Anna Polony
Genres : Drama War Biography
Release date : Jun 5, 1996
Countries of origin : Italy Hungary
Language : Hungarian
Filming locations : Hungary
Production companies : Budapest Filmstúdió Eurofilms Morgan Film
Summary This movie is based on the life of Saint Edith Stein. She was a German nun of Jewish descent who had converted to Catholicism. Much of her early life was spent as an outspoken academic. There, according to the movie, she feuded with Joseph Heller, a fellow professor with right wing beliefs. In 1933, after Jews were no longer allowed to teach, she became a nun in the Spartan-like Carmelite order, but when World War II heated up, Heller, who had become an important Nazi official, took his revenge; he had her deported to Auschwitz. View more details
Genres : Drama War Biography
Release date : Jun 5, 1996
Countries of origin : Italy Hungary
Language : Hungarian
Filming locations : Hungary
Production companies : Budapest Filmstúdió Eurofilms Morgan Film
