Egmont

Drama

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Franz Peter Wirth

Status Released

Release Date 1982-10-30

Storyline

Brussels, 1568: Under Spanish rule, Regent Margaret of Parma seeks leniency, but King Philip II sends the brutal Duke of Alba. Beloved noble Egmont ignores warnings to flee, trusting in mercy. Alba arrests and executes him, and Egmont’s death becomes a rallying cry for Dutch freedom.