Studio Movies Venice
Playing in competition inVenice, Nikolaj Arcels film tells a roughly true story.
The year is 1755.
Besides, this man Kahlens uniform looks a bit moth-eaten.
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Who does he think he is?
Nobody wants to go to work in the wasteland.
Eventually, Anton turns up Johannes and Ann Barbara, two servants on the run from their former master.
What gives him such determination is a lifetime of feeling slighted.
He is the illegitimate son of a maid and her master.
He is decent, yes.
It could get in the way of his plans.
Perhaps he doesnt even recognize it.
None of which, of course, is entirely past.
After two heady hours, you feel like taking out a sword yourself.
