This somewhat superficial historical drama is about the 1525 Peasants' War in Germany when the lower classes rebelled against oppressive conditions imposed by the clergy and nobility and then committed many acts (including atrocities) that did not morally set them far apart from the people they were fighting. It was a time of upheaval: Martin Luther (1483-1556) had broken away from the Catholic Church, calling for reform, and Anabaptists in Germany, like Thomas Munzer fought on the side of the peasants (opposed by Luther). This complex age and its political and religious turmoil are summed up in a story about an attack on a small monastery whose monks used a forged document to confiscate some land from the peasants. When their wrong-doing is revealed by the monk who forged the document in the first place, the peasants attack.
Directed by: | Christian Ziewer |
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Release date: | 1985-10-02 |
Runtime: | 111 minutes |
Veit Gall
Anna Gall
Pater Andreas, Benediktinermönch
Abt Georg, Kaufmann Frickinger
Ritter von Schenkenstein
Kilian Feuerbacher, Baumeister
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