The souls in the fire
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The souls in the fire |
| Country of production | Germany , Austria |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Urs Egger |
| script |
Annette Hess , Stefan Kolditz |
| production |
Arno Ortmair , Monika Raebel , Sebastian Rybing |
| music | Marius Ruhland |
| camera | Holly Fink |
| cut | Britta Nahler |
| occupation | |
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The Souls in Fire is a German-Austrian historical TV film by ZDF about the Bamberg witch persecution . The film was based on the historical novel of the same name by Sabine Weigand , published in 2008 .
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Germany 1630: The Holy Roman Empire is shattered in the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War , there is superstition among the people, the secular and spiritual authorities rule with a hard hand.
At this time, the young doctor Cornelius Weinmann carried out scientific studies in progressive, baroque and learned Vienna . When the news reaches Cornelius that his father is dying, he travels to his hometown Bamberg - a backward small town that suffers from a tough spiritual master.
Immediately after Cornelius' arrival, his father dies in his presence. Cornelius falls in mourning, he hates the city of his childhood. Shortly after his arrival, however, he meets his childhood friend Johanna Wolf again, who works as a healer in Bamberg and runs a pharmacy . Cornelius rediscovers his love for her, but Johanna shows no interest in this direction and only sees him as a friend.
Because of his medical knowledge, Cornelius was summoned to the palace of Prince-Bishop Johann Georg Fuchs von Dornheim , who was suffering from kidney stones . Cornelius performs an operation.
Due to the closeness to the episcopal household, Cornelius soon fell into the ranks of power in the city between Mayor Junius and the councilors and the despotic bishop. When several women suspected of witchcraft were arrested as a result of the superstitious testimony of a youth , Bishop Fuchs von Dornheim and his henchman, the heartless inquisitor Herrenberger in Bamberg, began the witch hunt . Harmless women fall into the clutches of the Inquisition , are tortured and executed.
Fuchs von Dornheim, who does not allow the trials to be carried out out of his own conviction, soon uses the general madness as a way to get Junius and his supporters from the city council out of the way. The self-confident councilors end up in Herrenberger's torture chambers.
Cornelius Weinmann, who, as a doctor , is supposed to examine suspicious people for witch marks , soon discovers what intrigue is being played, but cannot do anything about it. When he has to experience how Johanna comes under the control of Herrenberger and is to be accused of being a witch , he can no longer stand idly by. He flees the city and goes back to Vienna to ask Emperor Ferdinand to put a stop to Bishop Dornheim and his henchmen. However, the emperor, who was not very interested in the matter, had Cornelius arrested without further ado and ordered him to be handed over to Dornheim. The active help of a courtier whose child Cornelius saved the life, however, saves the young doctor from doing so. The witch craze is put to an end. Johanna is released and now finds out from Cornelius the confession of his love.
At the moment of distress, Bishop Dornheim shifts the blame on to his subordinate, Auxiliary Bishop Friedrich Förner . In the credits, Dornheim leaves Bamberg in his splendid coach.
Reviews
"That you can bypass the" wandering whores "kitsch film trap, that you can make a serene, yet emotionally charged, sometimes angry and remarkably topical television film about witchcraft and religious zealotry, its origins and its consequences, is an exemplary demonstration by Urs Egger. [...] This is how history television works [...]. You should send it as a sample to all editorial offices. So that the "wandering whores" madness has an end. "
“What more is needed than this well-documented template for a historical film that offers everything that goes with it? Political intrigue, murder and manslaughter, rescue at the last second or not, flickering light, dark machinations, the liberation of the thinker from the stranglehold of misbelief. [...] So what is missing? Right, a love story like from the doctor's novel [...]. [...] So far and wide there was no trace of tension in 108 minutes. However, not too bad trash either. Instead, the film offers solid craft. "
Web links
- The souls in the fire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The souls in the fire at crew united