A brake system for a motor vehicle. A braking pressure source and at least one wheel brake, which can be impinged by brake pressure provided by the brake pressure source. The brake pressure is provided with at least one pressure piston arranged so that it is linearly displaceable in a pressure cylinder, and with an engine for displacing the pressure piston in the engine which is coupled to pressure piston via a gear. At the same time the gear is provided with force transmission paths which are at least partially parallel to each other and arranged in an operative connection between the engine and the pressure piston.