Paradise: Faith

Mar 21, 2013

1h 49m

★ 6.5

Overview

For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

Tatfilm

Coproduction Office

Paradise: Faith Trailers

Cast

Anna Maria

Maria Hofstätter

Nabil

Nabil Saleh

Natalya

Natalija Baranova

Legio Heart of Jesus

Daniel Hoesl

Mr. Rupnik

René Rupnik

Married Couple

Trude Masur

Married Couple

Dieter Masur

Woman with Cat

Michaela Hurdes-Galli

Family

Gulcan Jafarova

Family

Sevinc Jafarova

Legio Heart of Jesus

Martina Spitzer

Legio Heart of Jesus

Heinrich Herki

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