在这部约尔格·拉盖布 - 画师剧情/历史片中,在德国农民战争前夕，画家杰罗格拉盖布在寻找一个基督形象。他找不到任何能满足这个渴望的人。他陷入了自我怀疑，离开了妻子和孩子，去追求自己的榜样。结果最后他成为叛乱分子的首领，并于1526年被司马分尸处死
On the eve of the Peasants' War, painter Jörg Ratgeb is in search of a Christ figure. He can't find anyone who can fulfill this longing. Cast into self-doubt, he leaves his wife and children in pursuit of the path of his role model, Albrecht Dürer. Until now, he has kept out of political struggles and away from the Union, who wanted him to paint their flag. Yet his experiences on the journey eventually drag him into the political struggle. He sees how the mute Barbara, who had saved his life, is killed by a bishop. A swain, who was his Christ Figure, became executioner and then got hanged himself. A juggler had to pay for the delivery of truth with his own life. Now Ratgeb paints how he really sees things. With his denial of all authority, he becomes the leader of the insurrectionists and is executed in 1526 by being torn apart by four horses.
