
Mr. Turner(2014)
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.


“Behind every great painting lies an even greater story”
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.

Rutger Hauer
Peter Bruegel

Charlotte Rampling
Mary

Michael York
Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Joanna Litwin
Marijken Bruegel
Dorota Lis
Saskia Jonghelinck
Bartosz Capowicz
Crucified
Mateusz Machnik
Wheelfied

Marian Makula
Miller
Sylwia Szczerba
Netje
Wojciech Mierkulow
Jan
The Mill and the Cross is a drama, history film released in 2011 exploring themes of painter. Directed by Lech Majewski, it stars Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael York. 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.
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