LUTHER

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• Release Year: 1974
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: 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 comresses nearly two decades into a provocative character study that parallels Martin Luther's deepening religious dilemmas with the irresolvable earthly anxieties that shaped his beliefs and his rebellous and disapproving father (Patrick McGee). But as Luther's religious commitments deepens, his faith in an increasingly commercialized politicized and spiritually empty Papacy attophies 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 case, including Kubrick stalwart Leanard Rossiter, and Dame Judi Dernch (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, CHOCOLAT) as the nun Luther takes for his wife. In LUTHER, Martin Luther's condemination of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation become the last desperate acts of a brilliant but deeply troubled mand of conscience who has run out of options.
• Cast: Stacy Keach, Patrick Magee, Hugh Griffith, Robert Stephens, Alan Badel, Julian Glover, Judi Dench, Leonard Rossiter, Maurice Denham, Peter Cellier, Thomas Heathcote, Malcolm Stoddard, Bruce Carstairs, Tom Baker, Guy Green, Edward Anhalt, John Osborne
• Director: Guy Green
• Runtime: 1:51
• Company: American Film Theatre
• Media Format: Movie