Die Seelen im Feuer (2014)
Produzione & Genere
Produttore: Producer: Monika Raebel, Arno Ortmair
Società: ORF, ZDF, Eclypse Filmpartner, Film-Line Productions GmbH
Genere: Drama
Budget: N/A
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Parole chiave
Parole chiave: christianity
Storia
A story about of one of the darkest periods in German history, an era in which the belief in occult forces was widespread. In Bamberg, witch hunts were fostered by a greedy and delusional Bishop Prince and reached their peak around 1630. This Bamberg ruler used the witch trials to purge his political enemies and enrich himself with their goods. Almost 1000 innocent men, women and children became his victims. BURNING SOULS deals with the era seen through the eyes of Johanna Wolff, a pharmacist's daughter, and the young physician Cornelius Weinmann. To save the innocent, he and a few courageous men revolt against the Bishop Prince.
Riassunto
Bamberg 1630. The era of witch-hunting. The surgeon professor Cornelius (Mark Waschke) returns from Vienna, where he is a renowned physician, to his homeland. He is soon forced to face the show trial of witches and appraise, as me...
