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.
Acting
Barbara Sukowa's eyes contain multitudes.
Direction
Von Trotta lets silences preach louder than sermons.
Production
Monastery as character—stone, shadow, defiance.
Director
Margarethe von Trotta
Barbara Sukowa
Hildegard von Bingen
Heino Ferch
Mönch Volmar
Hannah Herzsprung
Richardis von Stade
Devid Striesow
Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa
Sunnyi Melles
Markgräfin von Stade
Lena Stolze
Schwester Jutta
Paula Kalenberg
Schwester Klara
Annemarie Düringer
Äbtissin Tengwich
Susanne von Medvey
Nonne Barbara
Matthias Brenner
Baumeister
Dietz-Werner Steck
Mönch 1
Jan Georg Schütte
kranker Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Barbara Sukowa also played Hildegard in a 1994 documentary—von Trotta wrote this specifically for her after decades of friendship.
Hildegard was only formally canonized in 2012 and named Doctor of the Church—this film arrived right before her posthumous promotion.
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