Vision - From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen

“Galvanized by a magnetic performance from her five-time collaborator Barbara Sukowa...this biopic of the mystic and maverick Benedictine nun Hildegard von Bingen makes for a surprisingly persuasive addition to von Trotta’s gallery of potent female protagonists.” (Jan Stuart, ScreenDaily)

Directed by New German Cinema legend Margarethe von Trotta (Rosa Luxemburg), VISION - FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN tells the remarkable story of twelfth-century Benedictine nun Hildegard von Bingen. A Renaissance woman before the Renaissance, von Bingen was a Christian mystic, author, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, visionary and composer who has only slowly emerged from the shadows of history as an extraordinary agent of faith and change. In the profoundly joyful VISION - FROM THE LIFE OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, von Trotta is reunited with her regular star, the magnificent Barbara Sukowa (Zentropa, Fassbinder’s Lola).

“A gorgeously filmed, surprisingly tough-minded portrait of the 12th-century Benedictine nun, scholar, mystic, and composer.” (Ty Burr, Boston Globe)

“Sukowa makes Hildegard a likable and charismatic woman who risks a great deal to do good in an environment that leaves women little room for self-expression. Her intelligence and enthusiasm make her a proto-feminist force to be reckoned with.” (Stephen Holden, New York Times)