Summary The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. For example Jutta, struggling with her jealousy of Hildegard's success, and the young Richardis who worships Hildegard both as an intellectual role model and a mother figure. View more details
Directed : Margarethe von Trotta
Written : Margarethe von Trotta
Stars : Heino Ferch Barbara Sukowa Lena Stolze Hannah Herzsprung
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Sep 23, 2009
Countries of origin : Germany France
Official sites : Zeitgiest Films
Language : German Latin
Filming locations : Kloster Eberbach, Eltville Am Rhein, Hessen, Germany
Production companies : Celluloid Dreams ARD Degeto Film Clasart Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Summary The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. For example Jutta, struggling with her jealousy of Hildegard's success, and the young Richardis who worships Hildegard both as an intellectual role model and a mother figure. View more details
Genres : Drama History Biography
Release date : Sep 23, 2009
Countries of origin : Germany France
Official sites : Zeitgiest Films
Language : German Latin
Filming locations : Kloster Eberbach, Eltville Am Rhein, Hessen, Germany
Production companies : Celluloid Dreams ARD Degeto Film Clasart Film- und Fernsehproduktion
