The mill & the cross

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (CEN)

Performers

Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York.

Publication Information

New York : Kino Lorber, [2012]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This film recreates one of the great masterpieces of painting, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The way to Calvary." The daily life of 16th century Flanders is rendered with detail, from the routine of the windmill caretaker to the crusading Spanish militia, who abuse Protestants with brutally violent tactics.

Notes

Title from container.

Adapted from a book by Michael Francis Gibson.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Special features: "The world according to Bruegel," a documentary about the making of The mill & the cross ; interview with Lech Majewski ; trailers ; stills gallery.