Jun 29, 2010
90 min
Full-HD

Die Hebamme - Auf Leben und Tod (2010)

The heroine is a traveler between worlds and times. Between the authorities of 1813, the church and science, Rosa Koelbl remains a stranger. The time is not yet ripe for the values this woman embodies.

Category

Drama History

Country

Austria Germany

Companies

ZDF ORF

Brigitte Hobmeier

Rosa Koelbl

Mišel Matičević

Dr. Gennaro Kauner

August Zirner

Medizinalrat Jakob Aigner

Johanna Bittenbinder

Kathi

Karl Fischer

Pfarrer

Maria Hofstätter

Afra

Amelie Kiefer

Martha

Anna Maria Sturm

Gerlinde

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