After basic training, Austrian farmer Franz JƤgerstƤtter (August Diehl) is expected to swear an allegiance to the Third Reich, but refuses; his resistance to the war puts him in danger. True to his style, Terrence Malick follows the farmer through his ordeal, a real-life battle of conscience that makes him clash with neighbors and men of the cloth, up until the inevitable moment when heās executed by the Nazis in 1943. JƤgerstƤtter turns into a Christ figure who prays for guidance, but a degree of the drama suffers because of Malickās three-hour treatment, mixing views of the Alps with playing children and concerned looks.
2019-U.S. 174 min. Color. Widescreen. Written and directed byĀ Terrence Malick. Cinematography: Jƶrg Widmer. Cast: August Diehl (Franz JƤgerstƤtter), Valerie Pachner (Franziska JƤgerstƤtter), Michael Nyqvist (Joseph Fliesser), JĆ¼rgen Prochnow, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Ganz.
Trivia: Nyqvistās last film. The story of JƤgerstƤtter was also told in a 1971 German TV movie.Ā