An epic drama set in 16th century France against a backdrop of feudalism in decline, Age Of Uprsing stars Mads Mikkelsen as a well-to-do horse merchant who resorts to fanatical and violent extremes to obtain justice after a nobleman openly and illegally humiliates him by stealing two of his horses. Adapted from Heinrich von Kleist’s novella, a classic of German Romanticism, the story was previously adapted for film in 1969 by Volker Schl√∂ndorff and served as the inspiration for E.L. Doctorow’s Ragtime.
This version, however, is dreadful, and will not please any who were fans of the previous works or the novella.
