Release Date

09 Feb, 1979

Runtime

01:28: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

On the eve of the German Peasants' War, the family of the young Christoph falls victim to an act of revenge by the knight Scharfenstein. The peasant leader Joß takes Christoph in. He learns to read, write and use a weapon. When Hieronymus is on his way to fetch a flag to signal an uprising, Christoph discovers treachery. To warn Jerome, he rides after him. But he can no longer save him from arrest and fetches the flag himself. On the way back, he is arrested with it. In prison, he meets Jerome again - and his older brother Jacob, who is an executioner. Jakob wants to let his brother go if he renounces the Peasants' Union. Christoph refuses and is able to escape with the flag.

Original Title

Des Henkers Bruder

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Actors

Fred Delmare

Brigitte Krause

Gerry Wolff

Holger Mahlich

Leon Niemczyk

Günter Rüger

Gunter Friedrich

Thomas Wolff

Walter Lendrich

Rita Feldmeier

Hans Klering

Ottofritz Gaillard

Kaspar Eichel

Jürgen Huth

Waltraut Kramm

Helmut Schreiber

Crew

Günter Heimann

Walter Beck

Brigitte Kirsten

Günther Fischer

Walter Beck

Gudrun Deubener

Ilse Peters