Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Vision
- Commentary: Under construction.
I've been trying for about seven years, since I first saw this film (can't remember how I viewed it, but I know it wasn't in a theater) to get ahold of a copy of it, in vain. Initially it wasn't even listed for sale at any of the movie sites I depend on for purchasing. So, once or twice a year, I'd remember it and search the sites, again. Finally, a few days ago it became available on the priciest of my purchase sites. Naturally. I went ahead and ordered it, anyway, even though it cost waaay more than I usually spend for movies. To me, though, it's worth it. I'm looking forward to viewing it, again and again, when it arrives.
What can I say? It's a truly magnificent film about a truly singular person. I've known about Hildegard of Bingen for decades. I was in a book club, once, in fact, in which we read a compendium of her works (including some of her music). That was well over a decade ago; may have even been two decades. I still have that book, some others, as well, and continue to pull them out and saunter through them.
So, considering my background in Hildegard of Bingen, do I think the movie is accurate? Yes, except I think the drama surrounding her life was not much appreciated at the time she lived (the movie hints at this) and I think there are unfortunate reasons that knowledge of her didn't experience a renaissance until about 20 years ago.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Barbara Sukowa Hildegard of Bingen Stella Holzapfel Child Hildegard Heino Ferch Brother Volmar Hannah Herzsprung Sister Richardis Mareile Blendi Countess Jutta von Sponheim Sunnyi Melles Marchioness Richardis von Stade Alexander Held Abbot Kuno Lena Stolze Sister Jutta Paula Kalenberg Sister Klara Annemarie Düringer Abbess Tengwich Devid Striesow Emperor Frederick Barbarossa Christoph Luser Hartwig von Bremen
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2009
Directed by Margarethe von Trotta.
Labels: biography3, religion2
