The Mill and the Cross

The film is inspired by the book “The Mill and the Cross” by Michael Gibson, an art critic and a world-famous expert on Flemish painting. In his publication he intertwines Christ’s suffering with the suffering of Flanders which was politically and religiously oppressed by Spaniards in 1564 – in the same year when Pieter Bruegel painted his masterpiece, “The Procession to Calvary”. Filled with symbols and cultural references, Majewski’s film is a modern attempt at deciphering Bruegel’s painitng.

Polish Title: Młyn i Krzyż
Written by: Michael Francis Gibson, Lech Majewski
Director of Photography: Lech Majewski, Adam Sikora
Music: Lech Majewski, Józef Skrzek
Production Design by: Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński
Sound: Zbigniew Malecki
Film Editing: Norbert Rudzik
Costume Design by: Dorota Roqueplo
Make-up: Dariusz Krysiak, Monika Mirowska
Production manager: Małgorzata Domin, Piotr Ledwig
Produced by: ANGELUS SILESIUS
Producer: Lech Majewski
Co-produced by: TVP S.A., PIRAMIDA FILM, Odeon Rybarczyk Productions, 24MEDIA, Arkana Studio, Supra Film, I.F. SILESIA FILM
Distribution: ITI
World Sales: WIDE Management
Country & year of production: Poland 2010
Main Female Part: Charlotte Rampling
Main Male Part: Rutger Hauer
Supporting Female Part: Joanna Litwin
Supporting Male Part: Michael York
Length: 96 minutes