What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill and the Cross is a cinematic re-staging of Pieter Bruegel's masterpiece "Procession to Calvary," presented alongside the story of its creation.

Rutger Hauer
as Peter Bruegel

Charlotte Rampling
as Mary

Michael York
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck

Joanna Litwin
as Marijken Bruegel

Dorota Lis
as Saskia Jonghelinck

Bartosz Capowicz
as Crucified

Mateusz Machnik
as Wheelfied

Marian Makula
as Miller

Sylwia Szczerba
as Netje

Wojciech Mierkulow
as Jan
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The Mill and the Cross is one of the best biopics about a painter — or, for that matter, any artist — because it concerns itself less with the painter and more with his work; that is, it knows that the 'what' and 'how' matter more than the 'who.' That’s not to say that the creator doesn’t count ...