The False Heart
"The story of the chambermaid Therese threatened by a brutal catholic sect due to her affection."
★★★★★
German / 105 MIN. / 2012
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.
The Cast
