Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

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Cast & Crew

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
Klara

Annemarie Düringer
Abbess Tengwich

Devid Striesow
Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa

Mareile Blendl
Jutta von Sponheim

Vera Lippisch
Gunhild

Margarethe von Trotta
Director

Margarethe von Trotta
Screenwriter

Hengameh Panahi
Executive Producer

Markus Zimmer
Producer

Christian Heyne
Original Music

Hildegard von Bingen
Original Music

Axel Block
Cinematography

Corina Dietz
Film Editing

Sabine Schroth
Casting

Heike Bauersfeld
Production Design

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Audience Reviews for Vision: From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen

• Dec 07, 2010

  Biopic on the life of the fascinating 12th century Bendectine nun who saw visions of God and was also a composer, philosopher, polymath, and a strong-willed woman who often butted heads with the Church's male hierarchy. Amazing in it's ability to draw you into its now alien world and get you involved with clerical politics and the slow, quiet rhythms of cloistered life.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Nov 24, 2010

  Lovely and evocative tale of the famed 12th century German nun who was ahead of her time, claiming to receive visions from God. It's a period piece that doesn't feel like a period piece - lyrical, reverent portrait of a woman who was a pioneer for women in the church.
  Matthew L Super Reviewer
• Oct 23, 2010

  "Vision" starts on December 31, 999 with a group of people fearing the end of the world with the Y1K virus, huddled together praying, expecting not to wake up in the morning.(I have heard of people who had hangovers so massive they almost wish they hadn't woken up but that's something else entirely.) They get a pleasant surprise when they do. Into this world of ignorance walks Hildegard von Bingen(Barbara Sukowa) who at the age of eight is given over to the care of a cloister. 30 years later and she is about to be appointed magistra but claims ill health and anyway her fellow nuns should vote for her which they do almost unanimously. Along with her spiritual duties, she becomes interested in medicine and studies how music can also be used to heal the body. And then the visions kick in which she confesses to Brother Volmar(Heino Ferch), resulting with her being threatened with the charge of heresy. Written and directed by Margarethe von Trotta, "Vision" is an engaging look at an amazing woman who was way ahead of her time, depicted not as a saint, but as a flawed human being. With the exception of the Arabic world, the Church had most of the accumulated learning which Hildegard used her skills to negotiate access to for her and her nuns. With this learning, she started the slow walk out of the dark ages into a new world of knowledge. And part of that comes with having respect for and knowledge of the body.(Unless you're getting off on it, I have never understood self-flagellation.)
  Walter M Super Reviewer

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