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.
Barbara Sukowa
as Hildegard von Bingen
Heino Ferch
as Mönch Volmar
Hannah Herzsprung
as Richardis von Stade
Devid Striesow
as Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa
Sunnyi Melles
as Markgräfin von Stade
Lena Stolze
as Schwester Jutta
Paula Kalenberg
as Schwester Klara
Annemarie Düringer
as Äbtissin Tengwich
Katinka Auberger
as Nonne Bertha
Joseph von Westphalen
as Bernhard von Clairvaux
Susanne von Medvey
as Nonne Barbara
Dagmar Sachse
as Nonne Gerhild
