Three monks are making their way from Germany to a monastry in Italy, because they cannot afford the rent for their facility any longer.
Acting
Michael Gwisdek's grumpy monk steals every scene he's in.
Score
Actual monks singing. The gimmick works better than it should.
Production
Genuine monastery locations give it unexpected visual authenticity.
Director
Zoltan Spirandelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Daniel Brühl filmed this right before his international breakthrough in Good Bye, Lenin!—you can see him figuring out his 'earnest everyman' formula.
The film gently satirizes Germany's Kirchensteuer (church tax) system—monks literally priced out of their own religion.
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