Toni Wittels

Thanatos is none other than death, and he's tired of bringing home lost souls. Finally, he too wants to taste earthly life, just live for three days like a human on earth, feel, love and suffer like the humanoids. His wish is granted, and Thanatos is allowed to walk as a normal mortal for three days. But soon he become disgusted with the behavior of the humans, till he in the third day is confronted with the love of a beautiful girl, Phaleria.

Dans une petite ville des Alpes bavaroises, en 1421, un conflit entre le monastère de Berchtesgaden et les paysans du village voisin, qui se disputent un pâturage pour leur bétail, se mue en affrontement militaire… Adaptation filmée d’un roman historique de Ludwig Ganghofer paru quelques années auparavant.