"Better to suffer injustice than to commit it."

2019

2h 53m

7.2(735 votes)

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Overview

Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.

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56 members

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August Diehl

Franz Jägerstätter

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Valerie Pachner

Fani Jägerstätter

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Maria Simon

Resie

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Karin Neuhäuser

Rosalia Jägerstätter

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Tobias Moretti

Fr Ferdinand Fürthauer

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Ulrich Matthes

Lorenz Schwaninger

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Matthias Schoenaerts

Captain Herder

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Michael Nyqvist

Bishop Joseph Fliessen

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Franz Rogowski

Waldland

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Karl Markovics

Mayor of St. Radegund

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Bruno Ganz

Richter

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Wolfgang Michael

Eckinger

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Johannes Krisch

Trakl - The Miller

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Martin Wuttke

Major Kiel

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Johan Leysen

Ohlendorf

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Waldemar Kobus

Stein

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Sophie Rois

Tante

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Alexander Fehling

Fredrich Feldmann

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Dimo Alexiev

Nikolai

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Max Mauff

Sterz

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Nicholas Reinke

Father Moericke

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Alexander Radszun

Scharfrichter

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Chris Theisinger

Prisoner

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Ida Muttschlechner

Rosi Jägerstätter

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Ermin Sijamija

Ermin

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Thomas Mraz

Prosecutor Lars

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Sarah Born

The Girl

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Robin Oberhollenzer

Admirer of Resie

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Max Malatesta

Max

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Johannes Nussbaum

Josef

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Joel Basman

Military Trainee

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Maria Weger

Maridl Jägerstätter

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Aennie Lade

Loisi Jägerstätter

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Mark Waschke

Spitz

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Felix Römer

Policeman

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Andro Sarishvili

Andro

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Maria Stadler

Witwe Maria

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Levan Khurtsia

Levan

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Markus Schwärzer

Linz Sergeant

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Ulrich Brandhoff

Captain Jürgen

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Michael Steinocher

Officer Kersting

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Leo Baumgartner

Toni Strohhofer

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Oliver Pezzi

Fitz

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Dieter Kosslick

Richter Walter Musshoff

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Bernd Hölscher

Judge Ranft

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Christian Sengenwald

Fr. Kreutzberg

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Moritz Katzmair

Martin

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Amber Shave

Young Rosi Jägerstätter

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Barbara Stampfl

Young Maridl Jägerstätter

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Johannes Gabl

Hessler

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Katja Lechthaler

Frau Pate

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Monika Lennartz

Frau Schuster

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Horst Saller

Enns Officer

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Jürgen Prochnow

Major Schlegel

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Leonard Kunz

Scharfrichter's Assistant

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Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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