Des Henkers Bruder
1979, German. Directed by Walter Beck.
On the eve of the German Peasants' War, the family of the young Christoph falls victim to an act of revenge by the knight Scharfenstein. The peasant leader Joß takes Christoph in. He learns to read, write and use a weapon. When Hieronymus is on his way to fetch a flag to signal an uprising, Christoph discovers treachery. To warn Jerome, he rides after him. But he can no longer save him from arrest and fetches the flag himself. On the way back, he is arrested with it. In prison, he meets Jerome again - and his older brother Jacob, who is an executioner. Jakob wants to let his brother go if he renounces the Peasants' Union. Christoph refuses and is able to escape with the flag.
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 9 February 1979
- Country
- East Germany
- Written by
- Walter Beck, Brigitte Kirsten, Gudrun Deubener
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Des Henkers Bruder runs 88 minutes (1h 28m).
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Des Henkers Bruder isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 February 1979. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Des Henkers Bruder?
Des Henkers Bruder (1979) was directed by Walter Beck and stars Fred Delmare, Brigitte Krause, Gerry Wolff.