Thomas Müntzer (1956)
2h 11m
Running Time
May 16, 1956Release Date
Thomas Müntzer (1956)
2h 11m
Running Time
May 16, 1956Release Date
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Plot.
In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to assume the rectorate. As a follower of Luther′s teachings, he finds in the Bible not only reasons for clerical, but also for secular reforms. But when Luther turns away from the rural population after a discord with Müntzer, it is Müntzer who becomes the peoples′ spokesman. He is forced to go to Southern Germany, where he convenes with revolting farmers. But his way leads him back to Thuringia. In 1525, he and Heinrich Pfeiffer form the centre of the Thuringian peasant uprising in Mühlhausen, but their success is diminished by the fact that peasants and craftsmen don′t seem to be able to work together. In Frankenhausen, Müntzer becomes the leader of a peasants′ army that is set to fighting the ruler′s army – and sustains a devastating loss. Müntzer is arrested and sentenced to death by decapitation for his insurgency.
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Cast & Crew.
Wolfgang Stumpf
Thomas Müntzer
Margarete Taudte
Ottilie von Gersen
Wolf Kaiser
Schwabenhannes
Wolfgang Kaehler
Markus Stübner
Martin Flörchinger
Heinrich Pfeiffer
Martin Hellberg
Director
Heinz Giese
Hans Buss
Horst Reinecke
Writer
Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Bärbel Buss
Friedrich Wolf
Writer
Albert Garbe
Bauer Barthel
Ernst Roters
Composer
Maly Delschaft
Frau Barthel
Hans-Joachim Büttner
Veit
Götz Neumann
Cinematographer
Jochen Diestelmann
Gerber Martin
Lieselotte Johl
Editor
Hans W. Hamacher
Apel Wynmeister
Doris Thalmer
Frau Wynmeister
Fritz Diez
Feldhauptmann Hoffmann
Franz Loskarn
Hauptmann Krumpe
Erich Brauer
Hauptmann Nickel
Aribert Grimmer
Fuhrmann von Thomas Müntzer
Hans Wehrl
Altpfarrer Simon Haferitz
Franz Arzdorf
Bürger
Gerhard Bienert
Graf Ernst von Mansfeld
Otto Sauter-Sarto
Fürst
Paul Funk
Helmut Straßburger
Hans Flössel
Siegfried Weil
Joe Schorn
Wolfgang Bachmann
Günter Sonnenberg
Elfriede Florin
Hans Knötzsch
Carlo Kluge
Hannjo Hasse
Ellen Plessow
Heinz Laggies
Georg Helge
Axel Triebel
Wolfgang Thal
Walter Schramm
Otto Sommer
Heinz-Jochen Riemer
Gustav Püttjer
Wilhelm Puchert
Günther Polensen
Alexander Papendiek
Gustav Trombke
Otto Stübler
Paul R. Henker
Rolf Ludwig
Walter Jupé
Kurt Getke
Agnes Kraus
Willi Schwabe
Ulrich von der Trenck
Hans Fiebrandt
Paul Knopf
Harry Preuß
Harro ten Brook
Martin Angermann
Heinz Hinze
Albert Hetterle
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Peter Herden
Guido Goroll
Friedrich Richter
Edgar Bennert
Rüdiger Renn
Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz
Leonhard Ritter
Walter Lendrich
Harald Grünert
Otto Zedler
Paul Streckfuß
Ulrich Thein
Uwe-Jens Pape
Harald Moszdorf
Hans-Joachim Hegewald
Dorothea Thiesing
Else Korén
Hela Gruel
Carola Braunbock
Maria Besendahl
Ilse Bastubbe
Details.
Release DateMay 16, 1956
Original NameThomas Müntzer – Ein Film deutscher Geschichte
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 11m
Genres
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Wiki.
Thomas Muentzer is a 1956 East German film about the life of the 16th-century Protestant theologian and peasant leader Thomas Muentzer, directed by Martin Hellberg.