Behind every great painting lies an even greater story
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.
- 6.4
- 2011
- Released
- 1h 36m
Rutger Hauer
Peter Bruegel
Charlotte Rampling
Mary
Michael York
Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Joanna Litwin
Marijken BruegelDorota Lis
Saskia JonghelinckBartosz Capowicz
CrucifiedMateusz Machnik
Wheelfied
Marian Makula
MillerSylwia Szczerba
NetjeWojciech Mierkulow
JanRuta Kubas
EstherJan Wartak
SimonSebastian Cichonski
PeddlerLucjan Czerny
BramAneta Kiszczak
MaykenUrszula Adamczyk
Released
pl
$1,116,180.00
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The Mill and the Cross is one of the best biopics about a painter — or, for that matter, any artist — because it concerns itself less with the painter and more with his work; that is, it knows that the 'what' and 'how' matter more than the 'who.' That’s not to say that the creator doesn’t count for anything; what I mean is that the every artist’s autobiography is recorded in their work (and th