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1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Date taken from container; DVD package and menu design copyright date on disc surface is 2011
The story of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century Benedictine nun, who was one of the first women to preach and interpret Biblical scripture
Originally released as a German motion picture in 2009
Not rated
Booklet (8 p., folded ; col. ill.) with content notes, a timeline, and interviews with Margarethe von Trotta and Barbara Sukowa in English inserted in container
Special features include documentary Vision at Telluride (Margarethe von Trotta film festival tribute and Q&A, with Annette Insdorf and Barbara Sukowa; Margarethe von Trotta interview, with Gary Giddins) ; a conversation at the Goethe Institut, New York, with von Trotta and writer Robert Boyers; original U.S. theatrical trailer
Camera, Axel Block ; editing, Corina Dietz ; music, Chris Heyne
Barbara Sukowa (Hildegard von Bingen) ; Heino Ferch (Mönch Volmar) ; Hanna Herzsprung (Richardis von Stade) ; Alexander Held (Abt Kuno) ; Lena Stolze (Jutta) ; Sunnyi Melles (Richardis' Mother)
DVD; NTSC, region 1; aspect ratio: 2:35:1; stereo sound
In German ; with optional English subtitles