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We almost feel that we ourselves have accomplished something just by being around while Bruegel doodled.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
The Mill and the Cross
Behind every great painting lies an even greater story
2011 · 1h 36m · N/A
Drama, History
Directed by
Lech Majewski
Overview
What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.
Director and cast
- Lech Majewski Director
- Rutger Hauer as Peter Bruegel
- Charlotte Rampling as Mary
- Michael York as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
- Joanna Litwin as Marijken Bruegel
- Dorota Lis as Saskia Jonghelinck
- Bartosz Capowicz as Crucified
- Mateusz Machnik as Wheelfied
- Marian Makula as Miller
- Sylwia Szczerba as Netje
- Wojciech Mierkulow as Jan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
"The Mill and the Cross" might not be perfect, but it's stimulating, hypnotic and, in its unique way, exciting.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
The Mill and the Cross may thrill you. But be prepared for a fight. Twenty minutes in, your companion may throw up his or her arms and complain, "This is like watching a painting dry."
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The Mill & the Cross invites us to inhabit a work of art along with the mind of the man who made it and to be enthralled by the images shared in vivid tableaux by visionary Polish director Lech Majewski.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Fresh
What hangs before us is so striking, beautiful, strange, vast, horrifying, ethereal, lifelike - so alive - that we're desperate to enter the other side of the canvas, to be inside the painting.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
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