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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MGM HOME VIDEO (UNDER FOX)
EAN: 9780792861911
Feature: Regional princes and the powerful church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader-and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refuses to back down, sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792861914
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1LatinOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: 1006463
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 30, 2004
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Features:- Regional princes and the powerful church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader-and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refuses to back down, sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre
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Regional princes and the powerful church wield a fast firm and merciless grip over 16th century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority the people declare him their new leader-and hero. Even when threatened with violent death Luther refuses to back down sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core.System Requirements: Running Time 113 minFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 027616906540 Manufacturer No: 1006463
Amazon.com:
Like The Passion of the Christ, Luther is the story of a spiritual leader, German monk Martin Luther (Joseph Fiennes), in opposition to the religious orthodoxy of the time (in his case, the 1500s). His goal--to bring God to the people and to take money, fear, and shame out of the equation--made him a reformer to some, a heretic to others. Released around the same time as Mel Gibson's blockbuster, it failed to attract the same degree of attention--or controversy. Granted, it's a different film, but not radically so. Directed by Eric Till (Bonhoeffer: Agent of Grace), Luther isn't always easy to follow or as emotionally involving as it could be. That said, it's a fascinating story and Fiennes receives solid support from Alfred Molina (Frida), Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire), and the late Sir Peter Ustinov (Spartacus), in his final film role, as Frederick the Wise. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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If you really want a good sense of what Martin Luther went through, fighting the Catholic Church, and bringing truth to Christians, buy this movie. Excellent movie!
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Excellent! Drama,suspence,costume,truth,heroism,splended acting,pagentry,great locations,a period piece, history that changed the christian world, make it a must see movie. I have watched it 3 times so far during the month I have had it. I know I will watch it again every now and again.
David Reavis
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This is the best documentary of Martin Luther's life we have seen. It is well acted (Joseph Fiennes & Sir Peter Ustinov) and it leaves you with a very clear picture of Martin Luther, the man.
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Acting is great. Scenes are well-done. Seems fairly accurate to history (for a movie, especially). Entertaining. Educational. Enriching. Make sure you have the whole 2 hours to watch it. Great movie. Sola fide!
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Luther is the kind of movie one would expect from Fox News or some other biased source material. It doesn't paint the complete picture of Luther nor does it wish to be objective when it comes to the history it is handling. Instead what you get is a rather pretentious story which expects you to "feel" for Luther when it reality Luther was a lot more extreme in his personality. The movie does depict his disillusional side and his argumentative side, however it doesn't come close to doing it justice. Luther in reality was a very hard man, harsh at times with his opinions and never wavering or showing compassion for your own opinion. Luther was right and you were wrong. The portrayal of the Catholic Church and of Rome again was only part of the picture. It would be like showing you the bad parts of a town in order to force your opinion. The Catholic Church was under going trials of its own and although the abuse of indulgences was a fact of the time, the exaggeration of abuses especially from the Dominican Order is completely unfounded and obviously comes from a study of biased material not a true representation of the time. The movie doesn't spend a lot of time in discussing whether Luther was right or wrong, just that he was right and the Catholic Church was wrong. This is again a misconception of Luther and of the period of history in question. Scholars, unbiased an objective scholars still to this day discuss the legitimacy of Luther's claims.
The movie doesn't even acknowledge Luther's own hypocrisy. This leaves the movie too one-sided and not as complete as it could have been. It also seems there is a bit of over-acting issues when it comes to Joseph Finnes and Alfred Molina, two actors who are accomplished enough to not suffer though such an atrocious screenplay. Luther falls very flat from where it could have gone and does a great injustice to the history it is trying to depict and reveal. You would do better in following a school course on Reformation history.
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