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ZURICH, 1959

Stop!

Master.

-Is there a tally?
-No.

-And here you go.
-Thank you.

THE REFORMER
ZWINGLI: A LIFE'S PORTRAIT

God bless you, Mrs. Anna.

I know how much
you loved your late husband.

I will continue to pray for him.

Isn't it time to offer more masses

for the repose of his soul?

I've already done one
on the Day of the Dead.

Yes, only one.

I have three children to feed.

To the first floor.

Go away, rascals!

Do you know Greek?

-Why would I speak Greek?
-Curiosity.

Let them go, those thugs.

-Help us.
-Some change, please.

It's funny.

It's strange.

Little bandits, huh?

Who takes care
of these little children?

-Of these rascals?
-Yes.

Nobody. Say, why did you learn Greek?

To go beyond what Erasmus taught.

Did you read what he wrote?
In his New Testament,

he returned
to the original Greek text.

The Vulgate suits me
and it is in Latin.

You should read it, Hoffmann.
His approach will transform you.

Make yourself comfortable, Zwingli,

then we'll discuss the subject.

They will need new clothes.

We are in a hurry.

Let go of me.

If I read you the mass?

-The Holy Spirit dwells in me.
-There is a sermon for virgins.

Go to hell, drunk!

Leave me alone!

Charity, please.

Just a coin,
God will give it back to you.

Dominus Vobiscum.

Et cum spiritu tuo.

Liber generationis Jesu Christi.

Filii David. Filii Abraham.

Which of you understands
what this book says?

Anyone know?

It is the Bible, our Bible.

It is through this book
that God speaks to us.

But which one of you understands
what is written in there?

In the future, I will read the
New Testament to you in a language

that you all understand.

In our mother tongue.

I will begin with the Gospel
according to Saint Matthew.

I will read it to you
and then explain to you

how I understood
the meaning of the text.

And I'm going to start
with the genealogy of Jesus Christ,

son of David, son of Abraham.

-He lost his mind.
-Hush.

Abraham begat Isaac.

Isaac begat Jacob.

What a joy to see you, Mayor Roeist!

You are welcome,
what a joy to have you with us!

Father Zwingli,

-that was very...
-Brave.

I'm Conrad Grebel,
this is Felix Manz.

-We'd like to talk to you.
-Zwingli,

-follow me.
-See you soon.

Gentlemen.

-What did you do?
-It was clear.

-You can't shake everything up.
-But...

Think of the salvation of souls.

There he is, our Zwingli!

This great humanist.

Faber!

The Bishop of Constance
sends greetings.

He must apply the instructions
and follow them to the letter.

And say mass exclusively in Latin.

How long will it take you

to explain the Bible to your flock?

-The Lord is in no hurry.
-But you?

Don't start questioning everything
like Luther, is that clear?

-It's you who must serve us!
-It'll all depend on the French army.

Get ready to see the vast world.

It is written:
Abraham first begot Isaac,

who begot Jacob,
and then it was Jacob who...

Yes, but how did they do it?

Even without a bull, you need a cow.

What do you think?
Can he go on like this?

At least now we understand better.

Is it necessary?

I'll pay for another round.

He wants you.

And he's not even 50 years old.

It's time to forget about Gerold.

No, that's out of the question.

You're too demanding, Anna.

I have to pay for another mass.

The chaplain is ill.

Could you offer mass
to a deceased, please?

-I no longer offer any.
-What?

The dead are fine where they are.

Are the dead going to purgatory?

There is no purgatory.

What are you saying there?

-But who are you?
-Wait.

I have to explain it to you.

The dead don't need a mass offered
for their salvation, wait!

Father Zwingli,
I didn't want to let him in.

He acted like he was at home.

Leoeli!

-I'm sorry.
-It's OK, Thea.

This is Father Leo, a friend
with whom I studied in Basel.

So, what did you start with?

I no longer accept confessions
and mass for the dead.

And?

Leoeli, a tough task awaits me.
They are all afraid to evolve.

Yes, since the popes have described

God to them as a vengeful being
for a thousand years.

It is written:
"You will know the truth

"and this truth will give you freedom

"because the truth
has a very joyful face."

Zwingli,
Erasmus has published a new writing.

Could you correct my translation?

No one in Einsiedeln can read Greek.

Yes, with pleasure.

Your turn.

Go ahead, roll the dice,
show what you can do.

-Excellent.
-Come on.

-All right, I'll bring it to you.
-Go on.

He said purgatory didn't exist.

-It's a sin to say that.
-I swear, he said it!

Two pitchers of red wine.

Gerold,
what did the secular priest tell you?

-School starts Monday.
-But without you.

You said I was going
to learn to read.

Go do the dishes now!

All right.

Has Zurich become the new Rome?

Sure. And he is the new pope.

And you are the Virgin Mary.

Father Zwingli,

what do you think
as the son of tithe peasants?

Are you upset?

I'd like to know,
why do monks cash it?

So that they drink,
eat and sleep with the girls.

It is those who plunge our city
into debauchery.

My children go to bed hungry.

You're right.

There is nothing more futile
in this world

than these well-fattened monks
in their neat homespun robes.

Corpus Christi.

You are running great risks.

Stop with this fuss in Latin
that no one understands!

Does anyone here understand
a word of this gibberish?

-How dare you interfere here?
-Shut up.

We want to know
what is written in the Bible.

Take to the door!

Do you want to die as stupid
as you were born?

Go on, leave!

Out!

It must be stopped.

We have the right to know.

Are you going to shut up?

That's enough, stop!

Hurry up.

You need help?

Is there anyone?

Need some water or bread?

Hail Mary full of grace.

Matthew, chapter 11:

"Come unto me, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden,

"and I will give you rest.

"Take my yoke upon you,
and become my disciples

"for I am gentle and humble of heart.

"And you will find rest
for your souls."

All the priests have left the city
because of the plague.

-Why didn't you leave?
-I can't leave.

You see? This is also my case.

Who was this mass for the dead
intended for?

Your husband?

Let's worry about the living first,

not the dead. The money will be more
useful for raising your children.

And to take care of yourself.

Our Father who art in heaven,
hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come.

Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Forgive us our trespasses.

-But it's vinegar!
-Let me do it.

I don't want
to see this quackery here, Anna!

They say it purifies.

Please, Saint Sebastián,
come and help us quickly.

Our Father, who art in heaven...

What's happening to Father Zwingli?

Better not go near his house.

He's still alive?

Yes, for now.
He dismissed his people.

Go on.

What are you doing?

He didn't deserve this.

Anna... Stay here.

Anna!

Is there anyone?

But you mustn't come here,
it's forbidden.

-Go away!
-You have to eat.

Get out of here, out.
Go home quickly.

I am your cup.

Use me.

Otherwise, break me.

Help, Lord God,
help us in this suffering.

Death is knocking at our door.

A miracle!

Death didn't want me.

Carissime Leo.

Salve mi frater.

I am so moved.

The Lord God spared me.

I am so happy
that God made me his instrument.

It is the divine will

that we care for and heal
this sick church.

The Lord God is calling you, Leo.

He asks you to stay in Zurich,

and to fight with me
for a just cause.

Charity! Charity!

Go ahead.

Get up, come!

One in three residents of Zurich
succumbed to the plague.

Well, then, let's ask ourselves:

why did the good Lord spare us?

So that we persist
in offending his name?

Orphans run the streets.

Did you see
that they are cold and starving?

And what is the church doing
to help them?

It wraps holy images
in velvet and silk

instead of assisting them.

Do you think the Eternal Father

does not see the plight
of these children?

That he lounges and snores?

"For I was hungry,
and you provided me with food.

"I was thirsty,
and you gave me something to drink.

"I was a stranger,
and you welcomed me.

"Each time you did it to one of these
little ones, my brothers,

"you did it to me.

"Yes, you did it to me. It is the
Gospel according to Saint Matthew.

Being a Christian does not mean
discussing the life of Christ,

but living the life he lived!

The beggars on the streets
are all starving

and selling themselves
as mercenaries to survive.

These people die during the battles
in which they are engaged,

they lose their lives
for wealthy rentiers!

What do you know about battlefields?

Believe me,

I saw way more battles
than I would have liked to see.

And, I tell you, these slave traders

are destroying our lives
and our living together,

in our city,
as well as in the entire Confederacy.

Their pockets full of money
matter more than anything,

and if we and our church take refuge
in silence...

So I can tell you that
we will be complicit in these acts.

-Where shall we start?
-You will see.

Banning the trade of letters
of pardon seems good.

One thing after another.

Let's start by banning
the trade of war.

No need to rush.

Hello, Froschauer.

Could you print one of my sermons?

This one.

"Their clothes and hats are red,

"a tap on one of these clothes and,

"you will see,
ducats and crowns will fall.

"Twist these trappings,

"and the blood of your son,

"your father or your best friend
will spill out."

Many will not like it.

That's the point.

I do not know what to do.

We want one per resident.

As if they all knew how to read.

It will change.
When they know how to read the Bible,

they'll understand
they were made fun of.

I saw a monk walk by
who didn't even have one.

Normal, given the prices.

A Bible costs more than a cow.

What do you think?
Will you print it for us?

I don't want this
in the house anymore.

Go see the scrap dealer,
you can get a decent price.

-It belonged to him.
-I know.

-You just want to forget him.
-No, Gerold.

You can't sell it.

It is mine,
the sword belongs to the son.

What is God?

What God is
is certainly as foreign to us

as a man can be to an insect.

But we see the true face of God.

We see it
through the faces of the poor

and those of the reprobate.

Are you still accepting new students?

Gerold would be delighted
to take your lessons.

I would welcome it.

Come eat.

Come eat with us.

Come on, come on everyone.

You complain all the time
about not eating anything.

We have to abstain from eating.

That's stupid, come on, everyone.
Sit at the table.

Eating meat is prohibited!

Abstaining from eating
is an invention, a shameless lie.

The Bible does not forbid
the consumption of meat.

So this is amazing!

Hubertus,

I don't want to end up at the stake.

You're just a coward.

The privations of Lent
are over for us.

It would be wiser that I...

Yes, Koebi, eat well
and enjoy the meat.

As for the rest of us priests,
what can we do

-to quell our desires?
-Koebi,

it is the most natural thing
that exists.

A stallion never hesitates
to jump on a mare.

A stallion does not wear a cassock.

Yes, but in Einsiedeln,

they jump
on the first woman in sight.

Bishops should have wives.

Yes,
that's what we would all like to see.

More seriously,
a bishop must be above reproach

and have good manners.

He must be the faithful husband
of only one wife.

Married to one wife.

Read the first epistle to Timothy.

-Give it back, kid!
-Dirty little thief!

-There are only trout.
-I've had enough, thank you.

I will pay tomorrow.

Did you hear?

20 sausages they devoured!

Nothing is sacred to them anymore.

-And they boast about it.
-Heretics!

Fresh trout! Catches of the day!

For those who respect Lent.

Does your business worry you?

Do you also eat sausage?

Maybe the Bible
doesn't talk about Lent.

Shut up.

Have you read the Bible?

No, but I'd love to, wouldn't you?

You blaspheme.

I would like to buy six trouts.

I won't sell you anything.

Refuse to sell
to these sausage eaters!

What?

Get out.

-I'm observing Lent.
-That's it.

Choice and freedom
with regard to food!

Let's see what the Bible
says about Lent!

The Holy Scriptures
do not speak of it.

This is a huge hoax!

Our Father Zwingli reveals it to you!

Read this publication
from the Froschauer printing house!

Choice and freedom
with regard to food!

Come on, go buy one.

Nothing is written
in the Holy Scriptures.

It's all just a masquerade.

Choice and freedom of food!

Read it. Father Zwingli
reveals the hoax to you.

Mrs. Anna!

Mrs. Anna,

you should eat these trout.

May God give it back to you.

That's very nice, Mr. Karl.
Thank you.

Be careful, Mrs. Anna.

Thank you.

The day will come when this town
will be free of parasites.

I wouldn't like you to end up
at the bottom of the lake.

Thank you.
We will eat vegetables today.

The bishop is forbidding him
to deliver a sermon.

Because he bothered you?

It's blasphemy, and you know it.

From what I know,
Father Zwingli has not eaten.

"If you want to fast, then do it.

"If you don't want to eat meat,
that's up to you,

"but let the Christians choose."

According to him, we could choose
to eat meat or fast.

We would have free choice?

Our council
will not issue any vetoes.

In other cities, those who break
the fast are sentenced to death.

Yes, but we are in Zurich.

Without the approval of our council,
this poor bishop has no right.

Choose your side wisely.

I will speak to the bishop
to submit a proposal to him.

A dispute?

In public?
On top of that, at the town hall?

The city council has no right

to decide on theological issues.

That is true.

No question of accepting a dispute
with them.

So I'm afraid the council
will decide without us.

Oh yes?

And how do you see that?

Your Excellency, my Bishop...

They do what they want in Zurich

because we are weak.

We have not imposed limits
on this city.

Let's get Zurich to give it up.

They must not follow Zwingli.

Mom! Mom!

Mom?

Can I go?

"Description..."

This is a description of a dispute:

a debate between Zwingli and
the representatives of the bishop,

then they will decide
whether he is a heretic.

I have to go, it's important.

And if he loses?

All his students will be there,
please.

And what if he lost this...

"On the occasion of this dispute
which will be held

"in the town hall of Zurich,
I, Ulrich Zwingli,

"will explain to the 67 article..."

-We'll get you!
-You will end up in hell!

Heretic!

Go back where you came from!

We will have your skin!

Silence!

Silence, please! Silence.

Peace must reign,
and understanding must be cordial.

Together we will establish

whether the secular priest Zwingli
proclaims the true word of God.

One moment.

Theological issues
should not be debated

before a secular council.

A council convened by the pope alone
should be called.

Why?

We could also read the gospels.

This is not an option.

You forget the papal decrees.

And there are the customs and dogmas
of our holy church.

-The council is biased.
-Since when is the Bible impartial?

Wait, wait.

I am not a theologian, only,

we must examine these questions.

Welcome, dear Abbess
of the Fraumuenster Convent,

Katharina von Zimmern.

I repeat to you once again:

we must discuss these issues calmly,

no need to argue.

Proceed.

My sermons are accused
of having caused trouble.

I am ready
to put everything into question.

Including myself.

Compare my words
to those quoted in the Holy Gospels.

Only those of the Holy Gospels.

Sola scriptura.

And if you find
any obvious inconsistencies,

I will go back on my statements.

So? Vicar General Faber,
where in the Bible does it say

that eating meat
is forbidden during Lent?

I repeat to you
that there is no question

of discussing this here
in full council.

So, we can eat meat during Lent.

That is not the question.

To rely solely on the Bible

would challenge
a 1,000-year-old tradition.

Show me the passage on purgatory.

Show me where Jesus hires a mercenary

and pits one people against another.

Show me where
Jesus exploits the poor in distress

and where he approves of the...
wealthy.

Among all these men who found Jesus,

there were no priests, no monks.

Not a single bishop.

And above all, no pope either.

-He blasphemes!
-Nonsense!

"No one can go to the Father
without going through me."

Gospel of Saint John.

No intermediary or saint needed.

No need for someone between God
and man.

And who, at the height of misery,

would dare to take advantage
of the situation.

Who do you think you are?

You make fun of the pope
and his bishop.

Your sermons are full of filth
and bad jokes.

Do you believe in serving God and
being one of his faithful servants?

If he is so picky about the Bible,

where is it written that
you can have children and leave them?

He has a child with a whore
from Einsiedeln.

Your lies are outrageous.

How many children from whores
do you have?

God knows everything I've done.

But you are right.

A priest shouldn't have children

and run away like a rascal.

A priest should have the right
to procreate

and marry the woman
who will give him his children.

But the rule of celibacy suits you

and the Pope well, doesn't it?

The priests pay the indulgences
of their mistresses

as well as
for their illegitimate children.

You think you're making things better

by asking for the rules
to be removed.

You are wrong about men, Zwingli.

Because they have their weaknesses,

they need the church
to dictate their conduct.

If everyone acted
according to his good will,

as Zwingli does,
with his impious pride,

then it will be the Apocalypse!

Serve us.

Who takes the bet?

Will he burn as a heretic
or will he remain a priest in Zurich?

He would burn wonderfully!

It wouldn't surprise me
if he disappeared one day,

as if by magic,

and we never saw him again.

The council concluded...

That this case

depends on the answer
to this question:

do we accept the Holy Scriptures
as being the true basis

of the acts performed
by Father Zwingli?

The Grand Council has decided...

That none of the statements
made by Father Zwingli...

was forsaken.

In conclusion, he can continue
to preach the Gospels.

And only the Gospels.

I congratulate you.

Yes, congratulations,
this is a big step forward.

The Gospel has slept for centuries.

Let's wake it up

and dust off every syllable
to spread it everywhere.

This victory is important.

-Good evening.
-Congratulations!

Thank you.

Is there anybody?

I thought I would see you in prison.

They've come to a verdict:
I am not a heretic.

No, that's for sure.

I learned for Einsiedeln.

I too have faults.

I don't judge you.

I know.

Anna...

I want to discover with you
the deep meaning of all these words.

None of these syllables are dead.
They breathe life and souls.

Koebi. You start?

Which can be translated as:
"In the beginning was the Word."

No.

In fact, the Greek word...

"Logos"...

Means "the creative word of God."

Erasmus translated it as "sermon,"
"conversation."

"The sense of the totality
of our reality.

We will not be able to express it
in our language,

and even less with the Latin verbum.

Gentlemen, please.

-We're working.
-Oh yes?

We are translating the Bible.

-Are you translating it together?
-Yes, together we will get there.

You're doing this here?

That way people can hear

-and participate.
-That's nonsense.

You translate the Bible
in front of peasants,

most of whom
barely speak our language.

-And who can't read.
-They will learn to read.

Stop this nonsense now.

Here, we sing the hymns
and do not discuss the texts.

Come.

Where are you going, noble Lady Anna?

We must not be seen together.

Why? We're not doing anything wrong.

Do you have pigs?

Donkeys?

They don't eat soup.

See you later?

Is it good?

It is the secular priest
Zwingli himself.

Why does she bring you to eat?

Your words don't fill my belly.

And would this do the trick?

You know her well?

Her husband and I went to war.

We fought in Novara.

Anna's husband was a mercenary?

He was a noble
from a wealthy patrician family.

And one day he fell in love
with Anna von Ruessli.

And then?

He married her.

His parents took everything from him.

Everything.

He went to war to make money.

But wounded, he caught gangrene.

And finally,
the good Lord, in his generosity,

took his life.

I am here.

Your Excellency Bishop,

allow us priests to take wives

because it is better to take wives

than to indulge in libertine desires.

Desire.

Desire is nothing serious or nasty

because it is inscribed
in the depths of human nature.

How long are we going
to keep these holy images?

We need to get rid of it quickly.

That's what we're doing.

-We mustn't only translate.
-Why "only"?

They won't be leaving
the churches alone.

Stop! That's enough!

No need to change everything at once.

People need time to adapt.

-Nonsense.
-The city is ready.

Let Zwingli decide!

He knows how to defend our cause.

The next step:
convincing the religious orders.

-What?
-If we remove them,

we will recover their treasures
which we will return to the city.

Give this money to the godless
in the council?

Our Grand Council also has its say.

We march together.

The Church,
the council and the inhabitants.

What will become of the monks
and nuns?

They will be able to get married
and lead a normal life.

Oh yes?

And when are you going
to get married?

Yes. Some people say

you are having fun with a widow.

Oh yes?

That Zwingli plays with his tongue.

Yes.

We will request that priests
have the right to marry.

You won't get permission.

Not even in 500 years.

If the council follows our reforms...

Stop a little!

Mercenarism is prohibited.

You can preach the Gospel,
what more do you want?

That you abolish convents
and monasteries.

You could help the poor
with this money,

create a mendicant order in the city.
Beggars and orphans will have food

and none of them will beg to survive.

Roeist,

talk to the council.

-Are you serious?
-Of course.

This brave bishop
has done nothing since his arrival,

the sick remain without care
and the poor are not watched over.

Should the city take the money
from worship service

instead of the church
and distribute it?

And the peasants will pay the tithe
to the city?

We will need it.

It's not just that, mayor.

Serfdom must be abolished

because men must not be shackled.

What do you have for breakfast?

Bull balls?

Mr. Zwingli,

do you know how long
our order has existed in this town?

And when did you arrive?

The nuns would leave this place
with a pretty sum.

We are a holy religious community.

My sisters dedicate their lives
to God.

You said it.

So you're more deserving than others
because your lives are more pious?

God forgives those
who believe in him,

not those who implore him
from morning to night.

Come back here,

and I'll defecate on you
and your gospel.

How dare you!

Get out! Out of my convent!

What is going on?

-Our abbess.
-We have to leave.

My Abbess.

Did he explain his idea to you?

Can I explain it to you?

Leave us, My Mother.

Don't bother, the mayor told me.

Abbess, you are
the most powerful woman in Zurich.

The church must be reformed.

Are you crazy?

I have belonged to this order
for 28 years.

All my life, I have been an abbess.
I like what I do.

So why should I abandon
my convent now?

You know "The Sermon on the Mount"

and you read Erasmus like me.

You share my criticism of the pope
and the church.

Oh yes?

-Interesting.
-It's true, isn't it?

Liars and hypocrites
enrage you like me.

-You know things.
-Katharina,

with the treasure of your order,

we could found a hospital
and an orphanage.

The profits from the Grossmuenster

would enable us
to create a chair of theology

and scholarships
for ordinary students.

You are just a dreamer.

-"He..." "He created..."
-"He created."

"He created a woman from the rib."

"He created a woman
from the rib he had taken..."

You have nothing else to do?

Don't you want to know
how we were created?

Foolishness.

What are you carrying, mom?

Zwingli is closing
the thermal spring.

Are you making a reserve?

-Thermal water does not exist.
-Hush!

Yes, Father Zwingli taught it to us.

No, it's not true.

Please tell me that...

That it is not the work
of this devil?

Anna.

I...

I know a midwife who...

could rid you of this shame.

Go up!

He's a charlatan
who doesn't respect anything.

He already has a bastard
with a whore he abandoned.

Don't tell me you've already
forgotten what happened.

What is it?

Don't come near me anymore.

Why?

I bring bad luck to men.

We are 11 priests
from all over the Confederation.

We are asking the bishop
to abolish celibacy.

I have already made a big mistake
in the past.

The Lord is punishing us
for our heresy.

No, that's not true.

How can you be sure?

God is merciful.

He does not punish us.

He loves us, Anna.

He loves us despite our faults.

Anna.

I know what happened to your husband.

Anna.

He didn't die because
the Lord wanted to punish you.

We will soon have a child.

Really?

Zwingli!

So that's her.

Leave Anna in peace.

Our bishop no longer finds it funny.

Because he sees that I'm right.

This is my last proposal.

You can live with this woman

and have children with her,

but behave like the others.

Pay your cohabitation tax,
and shut up.

I won't pay any tax

because your self-righteous hypocrisy
is over.

Alright.

We will act quickly,
and spare no one.

Nor you.

Nor that woman there.

Anna.

What if he attacks my beloved?

You can't hide the situation anymore.

You must marry her.

You know what worries me?

That we can destroy
what we have put in place.

What?

You don't know about Manz and Grebel?

They call you a hypocrite everywhere.

They say that you're against celibacy

but have no courage to get married.

They condemned a man to death
in Lucerne.

Why?

He ate meat on Good Friday.

Yes, but it's not the same.
We are in Zurich.

What are you afraid of?

You're the talk of the town.

If you decide to leave now...

There's no coming back.

Never.

Heretics!

-They are heretics.
-Shut up.

I will not be silent!

Whore and heretic!

Will you shut up?

Ulrich Zwingli, do you accept
to take Anna Reinhart as your wife

and by the will of God?

Yes.

Anna Reinhart, do you agree to take

Ulrich Zwingli as your husband
and by the will of God?

Yes.

Ulrich.

Anna.

May you live together

faithfully,

in love and joy.

Amen.

A married secular priest.
It's going too far.

-Why?
-Do you dare to ask?

The times have changed.

We will see that your Zwingli
is excommunicated by the church.

And if Zurich refuses
to part with him,

that city's days will be numbered.

What do you mean?

We can reach an agreement.

Not now!

I hand over the convent
of Fraumuenster to the City Council.

What?

I give it up willingly.

I do this in order to avoid riots
and guarantee peace in our city.

The whole convent?

Prebends and land included.

Rally behind Zwingli and his reforms.

Help the needy with the fortune
that I bequeath to you

and ensure that the religious orders
follow the same path.

Thank you.

And you, dear Abbess?

You don't have to worry.

Let us drink to Zwingli,
our reformer!

No, no, no, let's drink to Anna.

Welcome home, Anna.

And we toast to you,

to you first
confederate ministers' wives.

Gods bless you all!

Long live love.

To life, to love!

It's a day I won't soon forget.

Let us drink, my friends,
to our health!

Come down.

Go ahead, it's over here.

Thank you so much.

You will leave the organ in place,
I hope.

Are you afraid
that we will miss your crummy songs

in this beautiful church?

My sacred songs

will no longer thrill the faithful
of this church.

Good evening.

Anna?

-Wait.
-Let me see her.

Patience.

Wait, it's almost over.

-What happened?
-It's nothing.

It's nothing, no need to worry.

He is our child.

What are they doing outside?

Who is that?

The two soldiers there.

The council wants to protect us.

Shouldn't you calm down a bit?

The reform is in place.

Yes, but there's still some work
to be done.

The Lord is with us.

No need to be afraid.

You told us yourself.

Father Zwingli.

Stop immediately!

-Did you see who's here?
-Zwingli!

Come on, come, participate.

That's enough, stop!

You don't like our purgatory?

Look what they bring us.

-Stop it!
-He's not one of us.

He won't preach the gospel
in my language.

Let him run away.

No.

He will burn like these statues.

Alright.

Behave as genuine Christians should.

-Are you behind all this?
-Sorry.

They attacked their leader, Zwingli.

Don't worry, he's doing very well.

Have you lost your mind?

If he dies,
we'll have a martyr on our hands.

It's the only way to stop him.

The Council,
the brotherhoods and the peasants,

all are ready to eat from his hand.

The situation has escaped you,
it seems.

And you called on those brutes
for help?

A few brutes won't be enough.

What we need is an army.

Regula Zwingli.

Born on July 31,

1524.

Look.

Is this my...

The chasuble you wore.

It's nice.

You won't baptize Regula?

Who says that?

What does the Bible say
about baptism?

Did you talk to Manz about it?

A woman told me about it
the other day at the market.

This is stupidity relayed by Manz
and by Grebel.

They say everywhere that
you have to be baptized as an adult.

What is written in the Bible?

It doesn't say anything specific.

Why only baptize infants?

This means that they are already
related to the Eternal Father.

Anna...

It is forbidden to baptize a person
who has passed the age.

The council forbids it.

I baptize you Felix Manz.

I baptize you Regula Zwingli.

In the name of the Father...

And of the Son.

And of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

They give you an inch

-and you take a mile.
-No.

Do you know what it means
to refuse to baptize children?

Without baptism records,
the city has no citizens.

And if there are none,
there are no duties.

No need to draw me a picture.

I can't accept it, just like you.

Take care of it, and do it quickly.

Otherwise,
I can't help you anymore.

This must stop, Felix.

You are jeopardizing our work.

Once an adult, we choose God,

while baptizing children
is not biblical.

You know very well
that one does not follow God

like one chooses a fish
from a merchant in town.

It is blasphemy that you recommend.

This is anything but blasphemy.

Manz, let's not argue now.

Everything is still fragile.

It is sometimes better
to clear the way

to better strengthen
the foundations of the building.

Do you think
this will make you a different man?

I've changed a lot.

Are you convinced that you are
the one and only servants,

the only chosen ones
and the true Christians?

We are sticking
to the Holy Scriptures.

Sola scriptura.

The Bible says,
"Let the children come to me,

"for such is the kingdom of heaven."

You interpret the Holy Gospels
according to your good will.

Is the council is paying you
to do this?

If I were you,
I would think about it.

The council
will surely sentence you to death.

Tell the council
to mind their own business

and not meddle in mine.

-Father Zwingli!
-Koebi.

Father, I am bored stiff here.

I would like to go where I am needed.

I want to go to Schwyz.

No, don't do that.

I want to go preach there

because everyone has the right
to understand the Gospel.

It would be really dangerous
to go there alone.

A good shepherd listens
to the word of God.

You told me that.

May God protect you.

Jesus Christ did not sow hatred,
he spread love.

He wants us to love each other
as brothers and sisters

and to live our lives together.

We don't need a pope
telling us how to behave,

nor a priest or an emperor.

No need either for
a Grand Council of the city of Zurich

to order us what to do!

That is true.

The Kingdom of God
is not of this world.

No question
that we accept that others

choose the priests
that we will be sent.

The responsibility
of appointing priests belongs to us.

To celebrate
these decisions together,

come to us to be baptized

because it is the only way to be
reborn, to have your sins forgiven,

and to find yourselves
in the peace of Jesus Christ.

Felix, the garrison! Look!

Gather your family and go.

-You're leaving too.
-Save yourself.

What are you doing?

-What do you want?
-Get out of the way.

Watch out, he's running away!

Who sent you?

Stop!

Prevent them from passing!
They do not have the right!

No need to get upset.
I have no intention of running away.

Bastard! Despicable!

Come on, take him.

No, that's not fair!

Where are you taking him?

-Stop!
-Godless!

Roeist, you must not kill Manz.

I've heard enough.

These Anabaptists had been warned.
That's enough.

Do you like to shed blood?

Guess what will happen
if Manz is released,

and they resume their baptisms.

I don't want a war.

They don't care about our city,

its laws and our rules of life.

I know that too.

I have no other solution, Ulrich.

That's it or your reform will end up
in a blood bath.

We have to stop them
from killing Manz.

What are you waiting for?

You need to talk to our mayor.

I went to talk to him.

Yet he always listened to you.

Didn't you say we had enough?

That it was better
to calm down a bit?

That's what I told Manz,
but he wouldn't hear it.

Are you going
to let Manz be sacrificed?

What?

The council had no other solution.

Why did you come?

Mind your own business.

Shut your mouth.

You will shut it now!

Shut up!

Felix Manz only stirred up trouble
and fomented a revolt

against the religious authority
of our city.

Therefore,

let him disappear
and perish by water!

May our Lord God
accompany his creature!

This evil will eventually plague
the entire Confederacy.

We must act.

-Who is with us?
-Lucerne and Zug.

Uri, Schwytz, Unterwald.

Talks are underway with Graubünden.

St. Gallen and Solothurn
could soon join us as well.

Would you agree to appeal
to the Habsburgs?

A military cooperation.

-With the Habsburgs?
-Perhaps it would be smarter

for Zurich to be excluded
from the Federal Diet?

-No, it's not enough.
-Oh yes!

This could influence the council.

It is true
that one would not exclude the other.

They want to recuse us
from the Federal Diet.

I know.

You are aware?

Bern,

Basel, Mulhouse, Strasbourg,
Saint-Gall, Schaffhausen.

We need many allies.

I must see Luther.

So we will be able to count
in our ranks

the troops
of the great imperial cities.

Do you think you can convince them
to fight alongside us?

Dear Martin Luther.

We have been writing and arguing

about the meaning of Christ's
Last Supper for many years.

It's unfortunate
that we can't come to an agreement

when we're both surrounded
by enemies.

I would like to come to Marburg
to clear up this misunderstanding.

All the pious paintings have been
returned to the city's donor.

We sold what remained

to help the poor
with the money collected.

Basel could proceed in the same way.

We plan to open
the first reformed university.

Here, we fully translate
the Bible into our language.

The greatest scholars of Europe
help us in this task.

Here you have Heinrich Bullinger,
the brilliant theologian.

And here are the city councilors
of Solothurn.

The entire Bible translated
into our language.

This is the first full version.

It's your work, Ulrich.

Our work:
the Zurich version of the Bible.

The next step will be to publish
a Latin version

of the Quran within a few months.

-Publish the Quran?
-Yes.

There is no printed version
of this text.

Father Zwingli,

Bern will do everything possible
to support you.

They arrested Koebi in Schwyz,
and sentenced him to death.

Ulrich?

It's not working.

What's not working?

The word.

People hear the Gospel,
but no traitorous word

enters their skull.

Words have no effect.

This is not entirely true.

But open your eyes.

It's all just...

just appearance.

And all those beggars
who now have something to eat?

All these peasants, all these women
and children

finally learning to read?

What will happen with them

if they don't only attack Keobi,
but us?

But we already have the support
of four cities.

And Bern has done everything
to prevent us

from being challenged
by the Federal Diet.

Do you think we would have succeeded

in all of this
if the Lord was not on our side?

The Milanese are attacking
Graubünden!

The Catholics are marching
in Graubünden!

The papists do not approve
of our ideas.

They are determined to use force.

Our friends from Graubünden
are in danger. Who will be next?

-Take care of my horse.
-You're not going home?

You rode for 27 hours.

Graubünden are being attacked
by the Milanese.

How does the Federal Diet react?

It's doing nothing. Central
Switzerland aren't helping them.

It must intervene,

Graubünden belongs
to the Confederation.

Tell us about your encounter
with Luther.

The case is closed.

We will never agree,

he will never be one of us.
He's an ogre.

He remains convinced that we eat
the body of Jesus Christ

and drink his blood.

There's still
a brave papist hidden up there.

Without Luther's help,
we are all alone.

I tried everything,
but he only railed against me.

According to him, I'm the devil,
worse than a henchman of the papacy.

The Diet has many reasons
for not helping Graubünden.

The Habsburgs may be behind it.

-That's it.
-They agreed.

They begin by attacking
to the south and won't stop.

Not before the reform
in place in Europe is destroyed.

What do you suggest?

Let's start by attacking
all the old believers.

Sorry,
but Bern has no means to go to war.

None of us have them.

Maybe there are other ways to act,

like blocking their supplies.

-That wouldn't be enough.
-Why?

Let's block all the roads
to the old believers,

and we will only give them food

if they recognize our preaching.

No...

Do not underestimate
a people who are starving.

Do you sincerely believe
that you can impose belief on people?

That's not what I want.

You'd rather the papists
tear everything to pieces?

I would pray to God if I were you.

Father Zwingli!

I spoke to a cattle dealer who saw

soldiers in Zug in large numbers.

More than a thousand men.

Ulrich, wait!

Let the War Council
deal with the matter.

Where did the friend
I liked so much go?

God will never let
a person die of hunger.

Remember
what you kept repeating to us.

God will show us
which side he has chosen to defend.

Hold on.

We have rediscovered the path

of the living word
contained in the Holy Scriptures

towards humanity, towards freedom.

And now,

do we have to accept seeing

what we have built
in just 12 years destroyed?

Is this what we want?

If we don't make a decision,

they will be in front of our city.

Is the danger real?

No report says the same thing.

-Where are the Bernese?
-They prefer to wait.

The risk is too great.

We are too weak alone.

You no longer have bravery?
Where is your confidence?

So take bold action for once.

If you decide to stay here waiting

for them to come and attack us,

then I will resign from my duties.

No, Ulrich.

No one will be intimidated here.

We have listened to you for years.

Now it's up to you to listen to us.

It would be a big mistake to attack
without Bern on our side.

We won't move.

Is it true
what they say at the tavern?

Tell me!

Refuse to send them to a war
where all will lose their lives.

You know who preached that?

Sometimes you have to fight
to defend what is worth fighting for.

You described to me soldiers
who look like ferocious creatures

who are ruthlessly destroying
our living together.

The soldiers have sold their souls.

I don't want to fight
to defend strangers,

but for the Lord.

You have a family.

You have four children and a wife.

God will accompany us.

It is because we have sinned
from the beginning

that everything repeats itself
endlessly.

You didn't listen
to what I was saying.

There have never been sinners!

The old believers
have declared war on us.

7,000 men from central Switzerland
are moving towards Grebel.

The council sent me to see you.

Where are your armor?

The repository is locked.

Is this a joke?
Is there anyone from the council?

It's impossible.

Is this all the fighters we have?

The frontline numbered
at least 1,500 men.

The main banner is advancing
with a thousand soldiers

and counting the stragglers,
we arrive at 3,500 men.

Twice as large as our army.

It's time. Get moving.

Not a moment to lose.

Ulrich! Ulrich!

Leave Gerold here.

Order him not to go.

It's no use, mother.

I'm going.

God bless you.

Thanks to the Lord.

Goodbye.

Johan! Johan!

-My son, where is he?
-Anna...

Where are Ulrich and Gerold? Tell me!

-Tell me what happened.
-It's better you don't know.

-You mustn't hear it.
-Please tell me.

Tell me. Tell me what they did.

They gagged him.

Disgraced.

Then they quartered him,
threw him into a huge fire.

And his ashes were scattered
on the battlefield.

-That's her.
-Yes, I recognize her.

Go keep your heretic husband company.

He should never have set foot
in our town.

He threw us into misfortune.

Yes.

Do you hear how he screams
and moans in the flames of hell?

Serves him right.

No.

He will not be punished by God.

What are you saying?

Say what you want.

The Lord cherishes us.

Even if we do something stupid.

It was the devil who sent him.

No.

Is this the work of the devil?

Or is it the devil who wants

men to think for themselves?

In recent years,
we have acquired a new freedom.

A freedom that involves
a lot of responsibilities.

An unfortunate experience
for many of us.

But this freedom is a precious good.

And in no case
do we want to return it.

We will continue.

Day after day.

In fact, many are those
who lament the old certainties.

But I know we have no other choice...

than to be constantly searching.

THERE WERE NO MORE
DEVASTATING RELIGIOUS WARS

BETWEEN THE DENOMINATIONS
AFTER THE LOST BATTLE.

THIS IS EXCEPTIONAL.

HEINRICH BULLINGER SUCCEEDED
ULRICH ZWINGLI AFTER HIS DEATH.

WITH THE HELP OF LEO JUD,
HE CONSOLIDATED

AND PEACEFULLY CONTINUED
ZWINGLI'S REFORMS.

BULLINGER ALSO SUCCEEDED
IN UNITING THE ZURICH REFORM

WITH THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT,

MAKING ZWINGLI'S IDEAS
KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

A NEW ERA HAS BEGUN.

Anthony Hoang
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