
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.
Cast

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
Katinka Auberger
Nonne Bertha
Joseph von Westphalen
Bernhard von Clairvaux

Susanne von Medvey
Nonne Barbara
Dagmar Sachse
Nonne Gerhild

Matthias Brenner
Baumeister

Dietz-Werner Steck
Mönch 1

Jan Georg Schütte
kranker Mann

Alexander Held
Abt Kuno

Wolfgang Pregler
Bischof von Mainz
Peter Ender
Mönch 2
Crew

Margarethe von Trotta
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
Corina Dietz
Editor
Axel Block
Director of Photography

Hengameh Panahi
Executive Producer
Markus Zimmer
Producer
Manfred Thurau
Line Producer
Heike Bauersfeld
Production Design
Sabine Schroth
Casting
Esther Amuser
Costume Design
Ursula Welter
Costume Design
Michael Gerlach
Sound Designer
Jochen Fenzl
Sound Designer
Hubertus Rath
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Michael Busch
Sound
Christian Heyne
Original Music Composer
Hildegard von Bingen
Original Music Composer
Volker Schäfer
Art Direction
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