Transforming Gods

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Transforming Gods

2014

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A film about the ancient Greco-Roman influences on early Christianity. An animated meditation on iconography and on the history of religion, art and architecture, accompanied by the sacred music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Directed by: Volker Schlecht
Written by: Volker Schlecht

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