A radical priest grabs God's sickle and starts a revolution nobody asked for.
1523. The Protestant theologian Thomas Müntzer is entrusted with the pastorate by the 'Allstedt Council'. On the one hand, he is to open people's minds and hearts to more freedom, and on the other, he is to serve as an ally against the count.
Acting
Veit Schubert burns with dangerous charisma as the doomed reformer.
Production
Gritty DEFA aesthetic turns 16th century Germany into claustrophobic theater.
Director
Kurt Veth
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released months before the Berlin Wall fell, this DEFA production about 1520s radicalism accidentally became a mirror for 1989's collapsing East German state.
The real Müntzer's severed head was displayed for decades as warning; the film deliberately never shows his death, letting him haunt the frame instead.
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