Film

Hildegard

6.5199447mDocumentary Music History

Director: James Runcie
Year: 1994

An abbess, visionary, naturalist, playwright and composer, Hildegard of Bingen (played by Patricia Routledge) was a remarkable woman of the Middle Ages, her legacy comprising some of the most radiant accounts of religious experience ever.

Top cast

Patricia Routledge

Hildegard von Bingen

Janet Suzman

Marchioness

Peter Vaughan

Abbot

Amanda Root

Ricardis

Michael Byrne

Volmar

Robert Gwilym

Soldier

Tamsin Heatley

Sister

Edward Jewesbury

Archbishop

Linda Hirst

Sister

Stephen Jenn

White Monk

Louise Kerr

Sister

Lesley McGuire

Sister

Directed by

James Runcie

Written by

James Runcie