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Directed by:
Márta MészárosCinematography:
Piotr SobocińskiCast:
Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Maia Morgenstern, Fanny Ardant, Jan Nowicki, Adriana Asti, Zsuzsa Czinkóczi, Anna Polony, Marta Kalmus-Jankowska, Ewa Telega (more)Plots(1)
Edith Stein was born in an orthodox Jewish family in Breslau, todays Wroclaw. She studied history, psychology and philosophy and later taught at different universities. In 1922 she converted to the Christian fate. Her family distanced itself from her as a consequence, and one of her one-time fellows at university, professor Heller, accused her with having acted out of interest. Following the Fascist overtake of power, she asked to be accepted to the Carmelite order of nuns, whose motto is: the most important purpose of our lives is to reach our own selves, and in order to do this our spirit must go through seven rooms. In the cloister she continues to pursue her studies of philosophy. In 1942 she accepts her fate as a Jew and dies in Auschwitz. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jerzy Radziwilowicz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/253/162253085_8d879d.jpg)
Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Poland
Best movies:
Man of Marble (1977)
Bez znieczulenia (1978)
Man of Iron (1981)
![Maia Morgenstern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/854/161854871_0e0a62.jpg)
Maia Morgenstern
Romania
Best movies:
Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
The Oak (1992)
Exodus to Shanghai (2015)
![Fanny Ardant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/347/162347340_105211.png)
Fanny Ardant
France
Best movies:
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
The Family (1987)
Confidentially Yours (1983)
![Jan Nowicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/999/158999953_19b2ae.jpg)
Jan Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Big Shar (1982)
Family Life (1970)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
![Adriana Asti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/282/165282884_19c688.jpg)
Adriana Asti
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Youth (2003) (series)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
![Zsuzsa Czinkóczi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412638_8282d8.jpg)
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi
Hungary
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Nobody's Daughter (1976)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
![Anna Polony](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/664/160664246_06acff.jpg)
Anna Polony
Poland
Best movies:
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Historie miłosne (1997)
Diary for My Children (1984)
![Marta Kalmus-Jankowska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162059_b5b613.jpg)
Marta Kalmus-Jankowska
Poland
Best movies:
Black Thursday (2011)
Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber (1996)
![Ewa Telega](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/582/163582946_a03f4f.png)
Ewa Telega
Poland
Best movies:
Korczak (1990)
Kochankowie mojej mamy (1985)
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
![Lukasz Nowicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/180/159180314_dee11c.jpg)
Lukasz Nowicki
Poland
Best movies:
Edith Stein: The Seventh Chamber (1996)
Little Vilma - The Last Diary (2000)
The Unburied Man (2004)
Iwona Budner-Głuchowska
Best movies: