Jenatsch

A predictable, but nevertheless compelling picture which blurs the line between fantasy and reality as it explores the legend of 16th-Century folk figure Jorg Jenatsch. The film begins with a black-and-white documentary of the excavation of Jenatsch's coffin, which is discovered beneath a church pew. A young journalist, Voita, is assigned to do a feature story on Bouise, the archeologist who discovered Jenatsch's remains. Bouise explains in great detail how Jenatsch, a powerful and vile murderer, was killed by an unknown assailant during carnival time in his village. The only clue to the murderer's identity is a tarnished round bell which Jenatsch snatched from his...