The film is set in Antwerp in 1521, during the early years of the Reformation in a Europe ravaged by religious wars. It tells the story of Falko Voeten, a twelve-year-old printer's son. When Falko's father, Klaas Voeten, a forbidden literature printer, is apprehended by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther, Falko is unwittingly propelled into assisting his father and searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the sewers, Falko is in a race against time to save his father from execution for heresy.
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The film is set in Antwerp in 1521, during the early years of the Reformation in a Europe ravaged by religious wars. It tells the story of Falko Voeten, a twelve-year-old printer's son. When Falko's father, Klaas Voeten, a forbidden literature printer, is apprehended by the Inquisition for printing a letter written by Maarten Luther, Falko is unwittingly propelled into assisting his father and searching for the letter. Threatened by the Inquisition but aided by Marieke, a Catholic orphan girl from the sewers, Falko is in a race against time to save his father from execution for heresy.
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