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Luther

  • 19741974
  • PGPG
  • 1h 50m
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Luther (1974)
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During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
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    • Guy Green
    • Edward Anhalt(screenplay)
    • John Osborne(play)
  • Stars
    • Peter Cellier
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Stacy Keach
    • Guy Green
    • Edward Anhalt(screenplay)
    • John Osborne(play)
  • Stars
    • Peter Cellier
    • Leonard Rossiter
    • Stacy Keach
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    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Alan Bates, Lee Marvin, Stacy Keach, Glenda Jackson, and Zero Mostel in The Iceman Cometh (1973)
    Stacy Keach and Leonard Rossiter in Luther (1974)
    Judi Dench in Luther (1974)

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    Peter Cellier
    Peter Cellier
    • Prior
    Leonard Rossiter
    Leonard Rossiter
    • Brother Weinand
    Stacy Keach
    Stacy Keach
    • Martin Luther
    Patrick Magee
    Patrick Magee
    • Luther's Father
    Thomas Heathcote
    Thomas Heathcote
    • Friend
    Julian Glover
    Julian Glover
    • Knight
    Matthew Guinness
    Matthew Guinness
    • Reading Monk
    Hugh Griffith
    Hugh Griffith
    • John Tetzel
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Johann von Staupitz Vicar General
    Alan Badel
    Alan Badel
    • Cardinal Cajetan de Vio
    Robert Stephens
    Robert Stephens
    • Johann von Eck
    Bruce Carstairs
    • Duke Frederick Elector of Saxony
    Malcolm Stoddard
    Malcolm Stoddard
    • Emperor Charles the Fifth
    Judi Dench
    Judi Dench
    • Luther's Wife
    Tom Baker
    Tom Baker
    • Pope Leo X
    • (uncredited)
    Peter Kenvyn
    • Praying Monk
    • (uncredited)
      • Guy Green
      • Edward Anhalt(screenplay)
      • John Osborne(play)
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    • Trivia
      Sir John Gielgud was booked to play a major extended cameo, but dropped out.
    • Quotes

      Martin Luther: I'm sure you must remember Abraham. Abraham was... he was an old man... a... very old man indeed, in fact, he was a hundred years old, when what was surely, what must have been a miracle happened, to a man of his years. A son was born to him. A son. Isaac he called him. And he loved Isaac. Well, he loved him with such intensity, one can only diminish it by description.

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      Featured in A Banquet of Behavior with Stacy Keach (2018)

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    6/10
    The Seen Luther Vs. The Unseen Pope
    The TCM showing of LUTHER was preceded by a discussion of Ely Landau's efforts to make the American Film Theater as a subscription effort to bring the best of the stage to a wider audience. There's no doubt about the excellence of this production, with some fine performers -- all British except for Stacy Keach in the title role -- under the direction of the able Guy Green. Yet I find the entire series, and this in particular possessed of an artificiality that renders it less compelling than it might have been. Despite the gracefully moving camera, it remains a stage play removed from its own environment, a dying fish flopping on the sand.

    That reaction may be informed by, as I have noted in other reviews, an absolute lack of understanding of faith. Yet I remain conflicted; truth is truth, facts are facts, and the truth or falsity of Luther's beliefs and arguments -- as well as those who face him in this straw man argument --are not affected by his humanity and foibles. While Luther's position may be seen as the struggle of a lone man against authority, his appeal to an authority other than the Pope, to the Bible, remains an appeal to authority. Why choose one over the other? Because you can justify your own position? The German princes who supported him did not do so out of any religious conviction, but to reduce the authority of the Pope and increase their own. Luther's reaction to those who interpreted the Bible other than he did is also intellectually dishonest.

    Yet none of these points are emphasized. Instead, we are to side with him because we see him, and not the Pope whom he defies. In the end, we are left believing the evidence of our own eyes and ears. Given a choice between believing someone we can see and someone we cannot, we can do no other.
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    • Release date
      • May 13, 1976 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • The American Film Theatre
      • The Ely Landau Organization Inc.
      • American Express Films
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    • 1 hour 50 minutes
      • Mono

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