16 April 2014

Lentorama 2014: We're Ready for Your Closeup, Your Holiness

Day 37:  Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

I'm pretty sure this German film from 1985 is about the English nun Mary Ward, who founded two religious orders during her lifetime in the 17th century. She received patronage from several popes, two of whom - Urban VIII and Gregory XV - are in the film.

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