Jörg Ratgeb, Painter

Movie · 1h 39m

Starring Alois Švehlík, Margrit Tenner, Olgierd Łukaszewicz, Günter Naumann

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.