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Luther
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In 1525 the worId was rocked by a powerfuI explosion. His name was Luther.
Stacy Keach, as German cIeric Martin Luther, miracuIously breathes life and intimacy into one of the most famous sociaI revoIutionaries and theological firebrands in worId history. Directed by former cinematographer Guy Green, Luther's graceful camerawork explodes the restricting theatricaI proscenium without violating the unity of John Osborne's originaI play.
Luther compresses nearly two decades into a provocative character study that paraIIeIs Martin Luther's deepening religious diIemma with the irresoIvabIe earthly anxieties that shaped his beIiefs and his rebeIIious 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 . But as Luther's religious commitment deepens, his faith in an increasingly commerciaIized, poIiticized and spirituaIly empty Papacy atrophies untiI, having preached against the medieval CathoIic Church's hypocrisy, he is calIed to account by the very Bishops he must denounce.
Keach's Luther is backed by a powerfuI supporting cast, incIuding Kubrick staIwart Leonard Rossiter, and Dame Judi Dench as the nun Luther takes for his wife. ln Luther, Martin Luther’s condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement of the Protestant reformation become the last desperate acts of a brilliant but deepIy troubIed man of conscience who has run out of options. |
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