PL 2009 colour 45 min.
dir:  Dagmara Drzazga
pro: Adam Łukaszek, TVP S.A.
sc: Dagmara Drzazga
ph: Mieczysław Chudzik
ed:  Norbert Rudzik
cast: Lech Majewski, Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Adam Sikora, Krzysztof Łukaszewicz, Dorota Roqueplo
dis: TVP Katowice

“The Way to Calvary”, painted by Pieter Bruegel in 1563, is one of his most extraordinary,  yet one of the least known masterpieces. Exhibited in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna it still arouses imagination of art historians, artists as well as the ordinary audience. Bruegel’s painting has been the major inspiration for the feature film “The Mill and the Cross” by Lech Majewski  – an outstanding Polish director. Production of “The Mill and the Cross” gathered both, Hollywood stars as well as hundreds of extras, while more than fifteen hundred of props and costumes were prepared for this purpose.

Dagmara Drzazga,  Polish Television journalist and director, decided not only to follow creation of this unique film, but first of all, to recognise the philosophy of the Flemish master, to decipher the hidden symbols and to encounter the characters dwelling the painted scenes.

Selected films descriptions thanks to www.lechmajewski.art.pl