The mill and the cross
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The mill and the cross |
| Original title | Młyn i krzyż |
| Country of production | Poland , Sweden |
| original language | English , Spanish |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lech Majewski |
| script |
Michael Francis Gibson Lech Majewski |
| production | George Lekovic Lech Majewski Freddy Olsson Dorota Roszkowska |
| music | Lech Majewski Józef Skrzek |
| camera | Paweł Edelman |
| cut | Hervé de Luze |
| occupation | |
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The Mill and the Cross is a feature film by Lech Majewski from 2011 . Rutger Hauer , Charlotte Rampling and Michael York play the leading roles . The film is based on Michael Francis Gibson's book The Mill and the Cross and revolves around the creation of the Bruegel painting Christ Carrying the Cross (1564). The film is a Polish-Swedish co-production. Filming was completed in August 2009. The film was presented at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2011 .
action
Of the roughly 500 people in Bruegel's painting, a dozen are envisaged in the film. The motif of the sufferings of Christ is contrasted with the religious persecution in the Spanish Netherlands at the time the picture was taken.
Reviews
“Instead of spreading a costume biopic about the genius and madness of an artist in front of the usual historical backdrop, Majewski has chosen a radical, captivating approach that gives birth to a perfect art film. Right from the start, the camera reverently immersed itself in the rough natural idyll of Flanders in 1564, respectfully measuring through tableaus of peasant still lifes and misty landscapes, conjuring up a fabulous atmosphere and enjoying it in complete tranquility. Majewski selects a dozen from the 500 or so characters in the mammoth picture, whose daily work in courtyards, fields and markets he depicts in a detailed naturalism - unexplained and yet lyrical. It evokes an almost actionless picture gallery in muted colors, a lot of indirect natural light and dark tones. For a long time he lets images and sounds speak for themselves, until art collector Nicolas Jonghelinck (Michael York) talks about the oppression by the Spaniards, painter Bruegel (Rutger Hauer) about the genesis and approach of his picture and the Virgin Mary (Charlotte Rampling) about Jesus' death leave out monologically. "
literature
- Michael Beisel: The mill & the cross. Is injustice (not) an art in the course of the world ?, in: draft 2/2017, pp. 42–45.
Web links
- Official website
- The Mill and the Cross in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Trailer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Production: The Mill And The Cross wraps shoot ( Memento from March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Film New Europe. 17th August 2009
- ↑ 2011 Sundance Film Festival Noncompetitive Categories ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Standard Examiner. December 2, 2011
- ↑ Katarzyna Grynienko: All Star Cast of 'The Mill And The Cross' Working in Poland ( Memento February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Film New Europe , November 23, 2008, accessed on October 22, 2010.
- ↑ kino.de [1]
