The Radicals  E-mail this product to a friend

Feature film on video. Dramatic action and fierce commitments bring alive this story of early Anabaptists in 1525. Also a romance-what will happen to Michael and Margaretha Sattler? The year is 1525. Michael and Margaretha Sattler have fled their religious orders. Their quest: restore the church to the purity of its early days when communities of believers practiced peace, compassion and sacrificial love. The Sattlers join a group called the Anabaptists and together challenge the 1000 year control of the Church by the State. They call for baptism to once again become, not a mark of citizenship, but an adult and voluntary decision to follow Christ. As their movement grows, so does the determination of the enemies to stop them ... by any means necessary. In 1527 Michael is burned at the stake and Margaretha drowned. But their movement survives and today is carried on by the Mennonites, Brethren, Brethren in Christ, the Hutterites, and the Amish. Parental discretion advised. 99 min.  Available on DVD or VHS.