Felix Mitterer's gripping drama J gerst tter is based on the life and death of the martyr Franz J gerst tter (1907-1943), an Austrian farmer who refused to fight for Hitler because of his Catholic faith. Mitterer depicts Franz, who was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, as a courageous but struggling and insecure human being--and not at all as a saint.
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