The Mill and the Cross (2011)
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
Writers:
Michael Francis Gibson, Lech Majewski.
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Rutger Hauer as Peter Bruegel |
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Charlotte Rampling as Mary |
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Michael York as Nicolaes Jonghelinck |
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Joanna Litwin as Marijken Bruegel |
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Dorota Lis as Saskia Jonghelinck |
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Bartosz Capowicz as Crucified |
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Mateusz Machnik as Wheelfied |
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Marian Makula as Miller |
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Sylwia Szczerba as Netje |
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Wojciech Mierkulow as Jan |
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Ruta Kubas as Esther |
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Jan Wartak as Simon |
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Sebastian Cichonski as Peddler |
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Lucjan Czerny as Bram |
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Aneta Kiszczak as Mayken |
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Urszula Adamczyk as |
| Directing | Lech Majewski | Director |
| Writing | Michael Francis Gibson | Screenplay |
| Writing | Lech Majewski | Screenplay |
| Production | Lech Majewski | Producer |
| Lighting | Maciej Maciejewski | Lighting Design |
| Sound | Zbigniew Malecki | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Zbigniew Malecki | Sound Supervisor |
| Sound | Zbigniew Malecki | Sound Editor |
| Production | Zbigniew Malecki | Co-Producer |
| Art | Katarzyna Sobańska | Production Design |
| Camera | Lech Majewski | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Lech Majewski | Editor |
| Camera | Adam Sikora | Director of Photography |
| Art | Marcel Sławiński | Production Design |
| Art | Izabela Handrysik | Set Decoration |
| Art | Stanislaw Porczyk | Art Direction |
| Sound | Józef Skrzek | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Norbert Rudzik | Editor |
| Sound | Lech Majewski | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Iwona Cieciwa | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorota Roqueplo | Costume Design |
| Art | Pracownia Graffiti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hanna Leśna | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Norbert Rudzik | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Tomasz Woźniczka | Camera Operator |