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
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
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
Guido Goroll
Kurfürst Ludwig von der Pfalz
Peter Herden
Landgraf Philipp von Hessen
Albert Hetterle
Aleander
Heinz Hinze
Kanzler Dr. Brück
Wolf Goette
Kaplan
Sepp Klose
Erster Reisiger
Teddy Wulff
Zweiter Reisiger
Willi Schwabe
Höfling
Agnes Kraus
Hofdame
