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Calvin, Zwingli, and Brother Klaus

Calvin, Zwingli, and Brother Klaus

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Calvin, Zwingli, and Brother Klaus

2017

1h 1m

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John Calvin, Ulrich Zwingli, and Brother Klaus (Niklaus von Flüe) were three very different men who shaped the Christian faith in Switzerland. With this docudrama, award-winning filmmaker Rainer Wälde celebrates the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and the 600th anniversary of the birth of Brother Klaus, Switzerland’s most famous saint.

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Andreas Bäumler

Niklaus Von Flüh

Salome Bäumler

Dorothea Von Flüh

Thomas Bühlmann

Ulrich Zwingli

Joshua Meier

Froschauer

Luca de Marco

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Micha Kunze

Merchant

Noah Schär

John Calvin

Mahmud Al Muhamd

Pilgrim

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Directed by: Rainer Wälde
Written by: Rainer Wälde

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