Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (1979)

Original title

Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand

Directed by

Harald Reinl, Wolfgang Liebeneiner

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A knight with a prosthetic iron hand leads a rebellion during the 16th-century German Peasants' War. Based on Goethe's play, the film follows his fights and alliances.

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What happens

Goetz von Berlichingen of the Iron Hand (German: Götz von Berlichingen mit der eisernen Hand) is a 1979 West German-Yugoslavian historical adventure film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Raimund Harmstorf, Michèle Mercier, and Sky du Mont. It is an adaptation of the 1773 play Götz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The film's sets were designed by the art director Nino Borghi. Location shooting took place around various sites in Salzburg, Austria and Zagreb, Yugoslavia (present-day Croatia). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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