Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

Director: Margarethe von Trotta Cast: Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa
, Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch
, Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung
, Alexander Held
Alexander Held
Margarethe von Trotta
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

Director: Margarethe von Trotta Cast: Barbara Sukowa
Barbara Sukowa
, Heino Ferch
Heino Ferch
, Hannah Herzsprung
Hannah Herzsprung
, Alexander Held
Alexander Held
Margarethe von Trotta

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Overview

Margarethe von Trotta, one of the most celebrated female directors in the German cinema, pays homage to another remarkable woman in this screen biography of 12th century Renaissance woman Hildegard von Bingen. Hildegard (Barbara Sukowa) came to live at the Disibodenberg abbey when she was a youngster, and grew up under the watchful but compassionate eye of Jutta the Holy (Mareile Blendl). In her teens, Hildegard became a nun and was known among her peers for her generous nature and desire to help others; she developed a talent for formulating herbal medicine as well as gift for composing music, and after three decades she was selected to become a magistra at the abbey. Hildegard was born during a time when women were expected to serve and not to preach, but she fearlessly began speaking to others about her religious visions, which she used as a vehicle to share lessons in faith in a manner that circumvented the rules. Hildegard also fearlessly denounced the violent self-abasement that was common among holy men and women of her day, believing that a faith born of kindness and devotion was more valuable than that which came from fear and pain. While Hildegard won may friends through her work, she also gained more than a few enemies, and while some denounced her for not restricting herself to the traditional role of a woman in the church, others contended that her holy visions were not the work of the Lord, but of the Devil. Vision was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date: 04/19/2011
UPC: 0795975113434
Original Release: 2009
Rating: NR
Source: Zeitgeist Films
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:50:00

Special Features

Telluride film festival tribute and Q&A with director Margarethe Von Trotta by actress Barbara Sukowa and professor Annette Insdorf; Writer Gary Giddins' Telluride interview with Von Trotta; A conversation at the Goethe-institut New York, with von Trotta and writer Robert Boyers ; Original U.S. theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Barbara Sukowa Hildegard von Bingen
Heino Ferch Brother Volmar
Hannah Herzsprung Richardis von Stade
Alexander Held Abbot Kuno
Lena Stolze Jutta
Sunnyi Melles Richardis' Mother
Paula Kalenberg Clara
Mareile Blendl Jutta von Sponheim
Stella Holzapfel Young Hildegard
Annemarie Düringer Abbess Tengwich
Devid Striesow Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
Salome Kammer Actor
Christoph Luser Actor
Chris Heyne Composer

Technical Credits
Margarethe von Trotta Director,Screenwriter
Markus Zimmer Producer
Hengameh Panahi Executive Producer
Sabine Schroth Casting
Michael Gerlach Sound/Sound Designer
Hubartus Bath Sound Mixer
Michael Busch Sound/Sound Designer
Jochen Fenzl Sound/Sound Designer
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