Des Henkers Bruder

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Des Henkers Bruder (1979)

Directed by Walter Beck

Family, Adventure · 1h 28m

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.

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Cast

Fred Delmare Octavio Brigitte Krause Elsa Joß Gerry Wolff Härtel Holger Mahlich Henker Jakob Leon Niemczyk Berner
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Günter Rüger Pater Johannes Gunter Friedrich Thomas Wolff Walter Lendrich Rita Feldmeier Hans Klering
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Ottofritz Gaillard

Crew

Director
Walter Beck
Writer
Brigitte Kirsten, Walter Beck, Gudrun Deubener
Director of Photography
Günter Heimann
Editor
Ilse Peters

Details

Release date
1979-02-09
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Family, Adventure
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
East Germany
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme