Overview
Central Europe, early 16th century: two childhood friends, Martin & Georg, find themselves on rival sides of a religious war with both of them struggling to do the right thing.
Director and cast
- Simon Aeby Director
- Steven Berkoff as Inquisitor
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Martin
- Julie Cox as Margaretha
- Lili Gesler as Librarian's daughter
- Anastasia Griffith as Anna
- Maria Hofstätter as Maria
- Virág Bárány as Margaretha's Maid
- Patrick Godfrey as Bertram
- Lee Ingleby as Bernhard
- Eddie Marsan as Fabio
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