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Synopsis
When Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg in 1349, he has not reckoned with the two guard soldiers Volckel and Utz, who engage him in a heated argument about plague ordinances and entry regulations.
Title | Martyrs of Striving |
Companies | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg |
Countries | Germany |
Keywords | chess, bureaucracy, satire, baden-wuerttemberg, border guard, death, middle ages (476-1453), medieval, black death, plague, pandemic, 14th century, short film |

Benedikt Paulun
VolckelGunther Nickles
UtzRobert Cecil Beerbohm
Death