Vision – From the Life of Hildegard von Bingen
Sep 24 2009
•2h 50m
•Drama, History
Hildegard von Bingen was truly a woman ahead of her time. A visionary in every sense of the word, this famed 12th-century Benedictine nun was a Christian mystic, composer, philosopher, playwright, poet, naturalist, scientist, physician, herbalist and ecological activist.
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Barbara Sukowa
Hildegard von Bingen
Heino Ferch
Mönch Volmar
Hannah Herzsprung
Richardis von Stade
Devid Striesow
Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa
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