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Luther (1974)
Rating:
Starring: Alan Badel, Judi Dench, Hugh Griffith, Stacy Keach, Patrick MaGee, Leonard Rossiter, Robert Stephens
Director: Guy Green
Category: Drama, Classic
Studio: Kino Video
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Length:
111 mins

 
 

 

In 1525 the world was rocked by a powerful explosion. His name was Luther.

Stacy Keach, as German cleric Martin Luther, miraculously breathes life and intimacy into one of the most famous social revolutionaries and theological firebrands in world history. Directed by former cinematographer Guy Green, Luther's graceful camerawork explodes the restricting theatrical proscenium without violating the unity of John Osborne's (Look Back In Anger) original play.

Luther compresses nearly two decades into a provocative character study that parallels Martin Luther's deepening religious dilemma with the irresolvable earthly anxieties that shaped his beliefs and his rebellious search for truth. We're introduced to Luther as a young monk in 1509, as he defends his vows to his jealous and disapproving father (Patrick McGee). But as Luther's religious commitment deepens, his faith in an increasingly commercialized, politicized and spiritually empty Papacy atrophies until, having preached against the medieval Catholic Church's hypocrisy, he is called to account by the very Bishops he must denounce.

Keach's Luther is backed by a powerful supporting cast, including Kubrick stalwart Leonard Rossiter, and Dame Judi Dench (Shakespeare In Love, Chocolat) as the nun Luther takes for his wife. In Luther, Martin Luther

 
 
   
   

 
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