Burning Souls

Name: Burning Souls
Director: Urs Egger
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2014-07-03
Duration: 1 h 50 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Mark Waschke, Silke Bodenbender, Paulus Manker, Alexander Held, Maximilian von Pufendorf

Directed by Urs Egger

History

Drama

20141h 50m6.5

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.