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The False Heart
May 1 2012 (over 12 years ago)Rating
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"The story of the chambermaid Therese threatened by a brutal catholic sect due to her affection."
- Director: Cajetan Jacob
- Genres: History, Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 45 m
- Country: Austria
- Company: GRUPPE:filmkunst
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.
