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.
as Thomas Müntzer
as Ottilie von Gersen
as Schwabenhannes
as Heinrich Pfeiffer
as Markus Stübner
as Hans Buss
as Bärbel Buss
as Bauer Barthel
as Frau Barthel
as Veit
as Gerber Martin
as Apel Wynmeister
as Frau Wynmeister
as Feldhauptmann Hoffmann
as Hauptmann Krumpe
as Hauptmann Nickel
as Fuhrmann von Thomas Müntzer
as Altpfarrer Simon Haferitz
as Bürger
as Graf Ernst von Mansfeld
as Dr. von Othera
as Ratsmeister Wettich
as Valtin Spatz
as Fürst
as Ratsmann Qualm
as Johannes Zeyss
as Eberhard von Bodungen
as Abt von Fulda
as Kaiser Karl V.
as Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise von Sachsen
as Herzog Johann von Sachsen
as Kurfürst Ludwig von der Pfalz
as Landgraf Philipp von Hessen
as Aleander
as Kanzler Dr. Brück
as Kaplan
as Erster Reisiger
as Zweiter Reisiger
as Höfling
as Hofdame
