Summary The story of 19th century intellectual revolutionary Georg Buechner and his 1834 pamphlet Der Hessische Landbot (The Hessian Courier) that called for a land revolution with the rallying cry: "'Peace to the Cottages, War on the Palaces." Facing political imprisonment, Buechner fled the country, but his revolutionary friend, Pastor Friedich Ludwig Weidig, was caught, imprisoned, tortured, and, reportedly, murdered in prison. An informer betrayed the hoped-for uprising, and a bloody response resulted in the peasants remaining subservient to the lords of the manor-estates in Hessen. View more details
Directed : Helmut Herbst
Written : Helmut Herbst Kasimir Edschmid
Stars : Marquard Bohm Wolfram Weniger Gregor Hansen Franz Wittich
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Jan 31, 1982
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Beltershausen, Hessen, Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) cinegrafik
Summary The story of 19th century intellectual revolutionary Georg Buechner and his 1834 pamphlet Der Hessische Landbot (The Hessian Courier) that called for a land revolution with the rallying cry: "'Peace to the Cottages, War on the Palaces." Facing political imprisonment, Buechner fled the country, but his revolutionary friend, Pastor Friedich Ludwig Weidig, was caught, imprisoned, tortured, and, reportedly, murdered in prison. An informer betrayed the hoped-for uprising, and a bloody response resulted in the peasants remaining subservient to the lords of the manor-estates in Hessen. View more details
Genres : Drama History
Release date : Jan 31, 1982
Countries of origin : West Germany
Language : German
Filming locations : Beltershausen, Hessen, Germany
Production companies : Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) cinegrafik