Des Henkers Bruder

The story

On the eve of the German Peasants' War, the family of the young Christoph falls victim to an act of revenge by the knight Scharfenstein. The peasant leader Joß takes Christoph in. He learns to read, write and use a weapon. When Hieronymus is on his way to fetch a flag to signal an uprising, Christoph discovers treachery. To warn Jerome, he rides after him. But he can no longer save him from arrest and fetches the flag himself. On the way back, he is arrested with it. In prison, he meets Jerome again - and his older brother Jacob, who is an executioner. Jakob wants to let his brother go if he renounces the Peasants' Union. Christoph refuses and is able to escape with the flag.

Cast & crew

Fred DelmareOctavio

Brigitte KrauseElsa Joß

Gerry WolffHärtel

Holger MahlichHenker Jakob

Leon NiemczykBerner

Günter Rüger

Günter RügerPater Johannes

Gunter FriedrichCast

Thomas WolffCast

Walter LendrichCast

Rita FeldmeierCast

Hans KleringCast

Ottofritz Gaillard

Ottofritz GaillardCast