On the eve of the German Peasants' Revolt, painter Joerg Ratgeb is occupied by a crisis of his own: finding a model for a Christ figure. He sets off on a journey to consult with his artistic role model, Albrecht Dürer. Although Ratgeb has always tried to stay out of the political conflict, his journey brings him face-to-face with peasant revolutionaries and the brutality and violence of their daily lives.
Alois Švehlík
Jörg Ratgeb
Margrit Tenner
Barbara
Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Bischof
Günter Naumann
Joß Fritz
Małgorzata Braunek
Bäuerin
Henry Hübchen
Thomas Niedler
Rolf Hoppe
Gaukler
Marylu Poolman
seine Frau
Thomas Neumann
Christoph Enderlin
On the eve of the German Peasants' Revolt, painter Joerg Ratgeb is occupied by a crisis of his own: finding a model for a Christ figure. He sets off on a journey to consult with his artistic role model, Albrecht Dürer. Although Ratgeb has always tried to stay out of the political conflict, his journey brings him face-to-face with peasant revolutionaries and the brutality and violence of their daily lives.
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