

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Cinematography
Jörg Widmer turns Austrian farmland into transcendent religious art.
Direction
Malick's whispered narration finally serves something concrete.
Acting
Diehl and Pachner communicate entire marriages in silent glances.

Director
Terrence Malick
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, Franz was largely unknown until a 1964 research project discovered his story.
Malick spent a decade developing this after finding Jägerstätter's letters, his most personal project since returning from his own 20-year silence.
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