The Mill and the Cross

2011 [POLISH]

Drama / History

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 77% · 44 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 4555 4.6K

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Plot summary

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

Lech Majewski Photo
Lech Majewski

Top cast

Charlotte Rampling Photo
Charlotte Rampling as Mary
Rutger Hauer Photo
Rutger Hauer as Pieter Bruegel
Michael York Photo
Michael York as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Robert Kowalczyk Photo
Robert Kowalczyk as Procession
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817.39 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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1.53 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Reno-Rangan 7 / 10

At the time when everything was not still.

An art movie about the 16th century's arts. It was based on the book of the same name which details the landscaper Pieter Bruegel's painting 'The Procession to Calvary'. A movie specially made for classical painting lovers.The movie had very less talkings and everything should be learnt by watching the pictures which depicts painting like series of frames. So there's nothing much to talk about the movie. One of the best ever production designs. Frankly, I was less enjoyed due to lack of knowledge about Bruegel, but glad I saw it and come to know few things about 1500s culture through his paintings.After all, I was not stranger to 'The Procession to Calvary' only by a few weeks before watching this movie. Recently I saw a movie called 'Museum Hours' and it helped a bit to understand this movie. In that movie a guide, an expert briefs in a scene about this painting and the reason behind it.It was a very unique movie, which still won't exactly portray as it had happened. A glimpse about the idea of it might have been like that. More like an imaginary world created behind the magnificent art work. Not suitable for all, especially those who watch movies for entertainment should stay away from it.
Reviewed by petarmatic 7 / 10

True gem!

I really like when the come out with a film like this. I like costume dramas, but this one is so interesting because it was made based on a painting and it works with a very interesting subject of Protestantism in Flanders and tryouts of Spanish militia to eradicate it. Not a lot of the films was made about the subject, and it clearly shows desperation of the Spanish militia to eradicate, at that time, very strong Protestant movement in Flanders. How state of the affairs came to that? I would track it down to Pope Alexander VI Borgia and total corruption of the Curria of the late 1490s. It was inevitable that someone like Martin Luther to show up, and it was a downhill for the northern Europe from that time onwards as far as Roman Catholicism.Beside that, cinematography is great and costimography as well. True holiday for the eyes. I enjoyed every moment of it.
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