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Burning Souls(2014)
Status: Released
Date: 2014-07-03
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8 Votes
Time: 1h 50m
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.
Languages: German.
Countries:
Austria,
Germany
ProductionCompanies: 
Eclypse Filmpartner
Film-Line Productions GmbH
Movie: Burning Souls
Top 10 Billed Cast
Mark Waschke
Cornelius Weimann
Silke Bodenbender
Johanna
Paulus Manker
Fuchs von Dornheim
Alexander Held
Weihbischof Förner
Maximilian von Pufendorf
Hans Schramm
Axel Milberg
Herrenberger
Rainer Bock
Abdias
Richy Müller
Johannes Junius
Michael Grimm
Kircher
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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.
Release Date
2014-07-03
Average
6.5
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