Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas
Michael Kohlhaas (original)
An epic drama set in 16th-century France against a backdrop of feudalism in decline, Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas stars Mads Mikkelsen (A Royal Affair, Valhalla Rising, Hannibal) as a well-to-do horse merchant who resorts to fanatical and violent extremes to obtain justice after a nobleman openly and illegally humiliates him by stealing two of his horses.
Adapted from Heinrich von Kleist's novella, a classic of German Romanticism, Michael Kohlhaas was previously adapted for film in 1969 by Volker Schlöndorff and served as the inspiration for E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime.
Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Mélusine Mayance, Delphine Chuillot, Bruno Ganz, Denis Lavant, David Kross, Roxane Duran, Paul Bartel, David Bennent, Swann Arlaud
It's a drama and history movie, and has a rating of 6.1 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.
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