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

Martin Flörchinger
Heinrich Pfeiffer

Wolfgang Kaehler
Markus Stübner

Heinz Giese
Hans Buss

Ruth-Maria Kubitschek
Bärbel Buss

Albert Garbe
Bauer Barthel

Maly Delschaft
Frau Barthel

Hans-Joachim Büttner
Veit

Jochen Diestelmann
Gerber Martin

Hans W. Hamacher
Apel Wynmeister

Doris Thalmer
Frau Wynmeister

Horst Reinecke
Writer

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

Walter Jupé
Dr. von Othera

Paul R. Henker
Ratsmeister Wettich

Rolf Ludwig
Valtin Spatz

Otto Sauter-Sarto
Fürst

Otto Stübler
Ratsmann Qualm

Gustav Trombke
Johannes Zeyss

Leonhard Ritter
Eberhard von Bodungen

Wilhelm Hinrich Holtz
Abt von Fulda

Rüdiger Renn
Kaiser Karl V.

Edgar Bennert
Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise von Sachsen

Friedrich Richter
Herzog Johann von Sachsen
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.