Marie Ward - Between gallows and glory
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| Original title | Marie Ward - Between gallows and glory |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Angelika Weber |
| script | Angelika Weber |
| production | Padhraic O'Dochartaigh |
| music | Elmer Bernstein |
| camera | René Perraudin |
| cut | Juliane Lorenz |
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Marie Ward - Between Gallows and Glory is a German drama film about the catholic saint of the same name made in autumn 1984 and played by Hannelore Elsner . A plethora of well-known actors appear in other roles, including Mario Adorf , Bernhard Wicki , Hans Quest , Anton Diffring , Mathieu Carrière and Irm Hermann .
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The film portrays the life of the devout Catholic and religious sister Marie Ward, who was subjected to all kinds of harassment in England in the early 17th century because of her religious and social convictions in her home England, which had renounced Rome and the Catholic Church and committed itself to Protestantism . The daughter of a manor in Yorkshire then left the island at the age of 20 and moved to the continent. In France, she entered an order, which she left a little later to enforce her own ideas of Christian-Catholic salvation void, which have a strongly charitable, practical and pastoral character.
Marie has to overcome numerous obstacles and resistances of all kinds. The ecclesiastical institutions in the form of cardinals and popes are in opposition to her, just as the plague and the Thirty Years War repeatedly set back Marie's charitable work. At times, because of her progressive social work, she is even suspected of heresy by church authorities and has to expose herself to the Holy Inquisition . Marie Ward considers the struggle for the poor and the rights of young religious sisters to be particularly important. She fights to ensure that the nuns no longer have to stay exclusively behind the walls of the monastery, but that their charitable work also works outside of the city and is allowed to take care of worldly problems and grievances among the population. It was precisely this secular aspect that soon met with ever sharper rejection, and George Abbott, the Archbishop of Canterbury , even had spies shadowed her. When Marie Ward, physically exhausted from the quarrels and hostility, lies dying, there is no priest to give comfort and support. She dies among her few remaining loyal followers.
Production notes
Marie Ward - Between Gallows and Glory , often referred to as Marie Ward for a short time , was shot on 66 days between August 21 and November 17, 1984 at several European locations: Yorkshire, London, St. Omer, Vatican, Munich and Regensburg . The film, which cost around DM 9 million (and was co-financed by the Catholic Church), premiered on May 2, 1985 in the Gloria cinema in Munich. On Good Friday 1987, this Catholic religious drama was first broadcast on television in Catholic Bavaria on Bayern 3 of Bayerischer Rundfunk, which was involved in the production of Marie Ward .
The numerous historical costumes were designed by Egon Strasser, the film construction by Jürgen Henze. Milan Bor was responsible for the sound mix.
Several pieces of the film music were sung by the Regensburger Domspatzen .
To the historical person
Maria Ward (1585-1645) was an English nun and founder of the order in the Roman Catholic Church . She founded the Congregatio Jesu and was strongly committed to better education for girls, thus paving the way for Christian social work. She died a week after her 60th birthday. Numerous schools still bear Ward's names today. On December 19, 2009 she was welcomed by Pope Benedict XVI. awarded the honorary title of Venerable Servant of God .
Reviews
“In her film, the director Angelika Weber has traced the combative and at the same time humble life of this woman who has permanently shaken the passive image of women of her time. (...) Angelika Weber was lucky enough to be able to shoot her opulent historical painting about the fate of this woman in original locations. This gives the film a very distinct, authentic character. The line-up of well-known actors, led by Hannelore Elsner as Marie Ward, is as impressive as the detailed and precise equipment. "
“The life of the founder of the order, Marie Ward, who had to fight for recognition of her community all her life. An elaborate, well-crafted historical film that uses the popular means of picture-sheet dramaturgy to promote courage and perseverance and a new female self-image in the church. A stimulus for discussion, even if the film depicts its heroine one-dimensional and does not convince in the thoughtful deepening and updating of the topic. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Ratzinger - curriculum vitae and stations on the website of the Diocese of Regensburg , July 1, 2020
- ↑ James Southall: Marie Ward at www.movie-wave.net, accessed July 11, 2020
- ↑ Marie Ward - Between Gallows and Glory. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 12, 2016 .