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THE REFORMER. ZWINGLI - A LIFE'S PORTRAIT.

ZWINGLI

By Stefan HAUPT

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Drama - Completed 2019

The young priest Ulrich Zwingli makes waves with his increasing attacks on the Catholic Church's excesses. However, he almost triggers a civil war when he marries the young widow Anna and tries to end the prevailing system of fear and oppression.

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- GERMANY, SWITZERLAND
- Languages
- SWISS-GERMAN
- Duration
- 128 mn
- Director(s)
- Stefan HAUPT
- Writer(s)
- Simone SCHMID
- Cast
- Max SIMONISCHEK, Sarah Sophia MEYER, Anatole TAUBMAN, Stefan KURT
- Producer(s)
- Anne WALSER (C-Films AG), Mario KREBS (Eikon Film Media)
- Synopsis
- Zurich in 1519. The young widow Anna is leading a meagre existence between fear of the Church and worries about her three children's future when the arrival of one man causes a stir in the city: the young priest Ulrich Zwingli takes up his new position at Zurich Cathedral and triggers heated discussions with his sermons against the abuses of the Catholic Church. He inspires hope instead of fear and oppression, and insists on education and charity. Zwingli's revolutionary ideas initially frighten Anna, but then a love affair quickly develops between the two. Zwingli's success becomes dangerous within a very short time. His ideas almost trigger a civil war, with a struggle for power and sovereignty beginning at the same time within the inner circles of the movement. Zwingli has to take some difficult decisions when the Catholic forces begin to form across Europe: is he ultimately prepared to die for the Reformation, thereby sacrificing his love?