Comments on: Life of St. Hildegard Hits the Silver Screen

By: Brian O.

Brian O. — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 01:57:31 +0000

This film is now available on Netflix via streaming and DVD here in the US. I have yet to watch it.

By: c1asia

c1asia — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:31:21 +0000

does anyone know where this was filmed? i love the architecture of the medieval cloisters and would like to visit this place. please advise if you know. thanks.

By: nancy collier

nancy collier — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:39:07 +0000

i just saw the film in santa fe
true that at the time….mentioned in the film that the middle east was more advanced in medicine.
Hildegard…….. extraordinary human that had much courage and true grit for her time or any tine,

I watched the film with an Austrian born friend and he commented on what a wonderful job they did with the language and the Latin for the time period….that is in the film……felt it was a good experience to read the sub titles and let the language be a part of the sound experience

By: camille

camille — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:56:00 +0000

i was surfing for videos made for saint hildegard when i accidentally found this site.actually i am looking for this kind of movie for st. hildegard’s feast day this sept. 17..where can i get it and can i have an english translation,pleaseee..=)

i’ve seen the trailer and i really wanna watch the movie, hope to screen it in my country.

By: Dan Liebert

Dan Liebert — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:33 +0000

KD- since I like all the movies on your list you might enjoy the Italian teleivision mini-series on Don Bosco which can be rented on DVD but play it in Italian with English sub-titles!

Knowing the ‘feminist’ director of THIS film, I wouldn’t go near it without blood pressure medicine.

By: Linda Ignatius

Linda Ignatius — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:18:46 +0000

Is this movie available in English?

By: Rainne

Rainne — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:28:08 +0000

O.O I found this site totally by accident, as I am in the process of writing a short thesis on Hildegard, and I want to see this movie SO MUCH.

I would like to point out as a general and mild disagreement that Hildegard is very much a proto-feminist, and that feminism is not synonymous with immoral behavior of any type. Hildegard’s feminism is that which extols the virtues of women even while understanding the role and place of women in God’s plan. Just something for you to think about; most feminists aren’t what you are apparently thinking of.

By: kd

kd — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:42:11 +0000

You are right, Andrew, cinematic productions about the lives of Catholic saints are pretty rare.

A good one (I think) is France’s “Monsieur Vincent” from 1947. I’m also very fond of Rossellini’s “The Flowers of Saint Francis” as well. “Into Great Silence”, a documentary about the Grande Chartreuse in the Alps, is stunning.

But the trailer for “Vision” makes it look like an overblown Hollywood production with feminist overtones.

By: Adam M. B. Bond

Adam M. B. Bond — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:24:50 +0000

Apparently the slightest controversial aside quickly devolves into something wholly other than what was intended, rather than a civil (and hopefully critical)discussion concerning the merits of the film; I will abstain from any more musings on the legitimacy of flagellation. It is not a question of the essence. I must admit that if the stills are any indication then it might be admitted that should the film be anything less than orthodox, at the very least it will be a couple of hours of eye candy.

By: Liz S.

Liz S. — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:58:23 +0000

I think there is a big difference between moderate acts of self-mortification, as are normal for many Catholics, and the extreme forms of self-flagellation which produce physical harm and draw blood. The latter are surely a sin defiling the body as a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Cusack seems to be talking of Flagellants proper, not self-mortification.