The False Heart
"The story of the chambermaid Therese threatened by a brutal catholic sect due to her affection."
2012 · 1h 45m
Drama, History
Directed by
Cajetan Jacob
Overview
Therese lives in two worlds. As housemaid she has fallen in love with the sophisticated Countess Meta von W. As a young woman of poor/humble descent, she has to watch as her sister Magdalena is being hauled into the abyss by a devilish sectarian. Together with this notorious pastor, Thomas Pöschl, Magdalena conducts exorcisms at her community/in the village. Small children have to renounce Satan, a young woman is brutally exorcized and later proclaimed a saint by Pöschl.
Director and cast
- Cajetan Jacob Director
- Eva Allenbach as Therese Sickinger
- Julia Lena Lippoldt as Countess Meta
- Beate Korntner as Marta
- Elke Pusl as Magdalena Sickinger
- Hannes Liebmann as Thomas Pöschl
- Georg Bonn as Forstverwalter
- Walter Ludwig as Pfarrer Götz
- Christine Renhardt as Katharina Sickinger
- Angelika Nieder as Anni
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