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Burning Souls (2014)
Directed by Urs Egger
Overview
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.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Mark Waschke | Silke Bodenbender | Paulus Manker | Alexander Held | Maximilian von Pufendorf | Axel Milberg | Rainer Bock | Richy Müller | Michael Grimm | Max Tidof | Nino Böhlau | Philipp Franck | Markus Schleinzer | David Wurawa | Andreas Patton | Gerhard Liebmann | Monica Anna Cammerlander | Mischa Domov | Sascha Rubaniak | Karoline Zeisler | Emilia Pieske | Michael Fuith | Martin Weinek | Michael Gempart | Patricia Aulitzky | Bernd Birkhahn | Klaus Huhle | Ronald Seboth | Franziska Singer | Siegfried Walther