| Genres: Foreign, Foreign Art House, Foreign Dramas, Religious & Spiritual Dramas, Germany, German Language, Cast: Annemarie Düringer, Barbara Sukowa, Devid Striesow, Gerald Alexander Held, Hannah Herzsprung, Heino Ferch, Lena Stolze, Mareile Blendl, Paula Kalenberg, Sunnyi Melles, Nicole Unger, Tristan Seith, Vera Lippisch, Director(s): Margarethe von Trotta, Directed by longtime star of independent German cinema Margarethe von Trotta, this reverent biopic chronicles the fascinating story of 12th-century Christian mystic and scientist Hildegard von Bingen (Barbara Sukowa). Despite living in an era when women are proscribed from preaching and interpreting scripture, Hildegard believes that the visions she experiences are a gift from God that she must reveal -- even at the risk of condemnation. |