Tilman Riemenschneider

Tilman Riemenschneider (1958)

Drama

The important German wood sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider (born around 1460) is considered to be artistically and socially established. He was a councillor in Würzburg and held several offices. In his works and in the way he conducted his office, he showed himself to be connected to the common people, who revered him. But he also had a patron in the art-loving Prince-Bishop Konrad von Thüngen. But when the peasants' uprising spread to Würzburg in 1525, Riemenschneider stood up for the rights of the peasants and opposed the use of soldiers, Thüngen became his bitter opponent. Although he initially flees from the superior forces, he returns after the uprising has been suppressed and imprisons Riemenschneider. Weeks later, he is released from prison. His hands were broken, but not his steadfastness.

Director: Helmut Spieß

Casts

	Annekathrin Bürger as Anna
	Kurt Oligmüller as Domherr
	Gerd Michael Henneberg as Fürstbischoff Konrad von Thüringen
	Emil Stöhr as Tilman Riemenschneider
	Hartmut Reck as Gotthold
	Gisela May as
	Johannes Curth as
	Hanns Anselm Perten as
	Peter Herden as
	Gert Beinemann as
	Werner Hammer as
	Hans Stetter as
	Ilse Bastubbe as
	Fred Düren as

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