| | Martin Luther |  | Actors: Annette Carell, Alexander Gauge, David Horne, Alastair Hunter, Philip Leaver
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 141886
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Running Time: 200 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 017078916829
EAN: 0017078916829
ASIN: B00005BJRH
Theatrical Release Date: 1953
Release Date: February 12, 2002
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Martin Luther: An Eloquent and Fierce Critic of a Corrupt System. August 14, 2008
Martin Luther was a man without Cant. He Shattered the structure of the Medieval Church. He fiercely spoke against the corrupt religious practices that existed in his days. He waged an intellectual war against the moribund religious hierachy of the Catholic Church. A climate of social change had splintered the unity of medieval christian culture. These changes provided the background for Luther's theological challenge. The development of his thought was both sympton and catalyst in the transformation of the middle ages into the modern world. His demand that, the only religious authority ought to be the Bible and Doctrines and not the Bishops, Popes or Ecclesiastical councils echoed around the world and ignited the great reformation of the Christian Church. Luther was accused of heresy, debased and expelled from the Catholic Church. He never gave up the fight. His crusade against religious abuses ushered in the Protestant faith. To his credit, the world have Christians who are not blind worshippers of Hierarchy, Doctrine and Faith, but critical thinkers backed by Reason and Conscience.
 Strong and Thrutful September 24, 2007
This is a very good movie of the story of Luther, and the most thrutful apparently. Very strong movie, totally exposes Luther's thoughts, you can see from his earliest thoughts about the Catholic church, when he wasn't at peace with what he was taught there, the journey he took to rome to "increase his faith", the things he saw there and how the same catholic church pushed him to find his faith, Salvation Through Jesus Christ only, not by work, but by grace alone. (See Eph. 2:8-10)
Very good movie to know about Luther and also about catholicism, the way both think. I strongly reccomend this movie.
A well-done classic September 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Growing up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the late '60s and early '70s, it was an annual ritual for our grade school classes to go over to our church (Atonement Lutheran) to watch the "Martin Luther film" just before Reformation Day on October 31st. Back then, the film was rented on giant reels. The memories of those days and the images from the film remain clear many years later, and I am pleased that it exists on DVD, although it does need to be re-mastered. The historical accuracy is reasonably good--moreso than some of the more recent Luther films, which have taken liberties in order to render the story line more appealing to today's "excitement-based" audiences. For those who want a no-nonsense, "real" look at the historical Martin Luther, this film is surely recommended.
 tripe lionizing the irrational drunken fornicator September 8, 2007
1 out of 21 found this review helpful
This movie is tripe lionizing the drunken, fornicator who institutionalized an irrational and internally inconsistent "theolgy"! Luther taught that the Bible is the sole source of revelation, but the Bible itself says otherwise (see below) ---a foundational inconsistency born of the besotted mind of Luther. Like the Pharisees "voided the commandments of God for the traditions of men," so too have Lutherans and the rest of the Protestant Deformers defected from the New Covenant.
The Bible itself commands obedience to traditions and never states it is the only source of authority. While the Bible is historically accurate and divinely inspired, the Bible is not the sole source of the True Faith. Christ never told the Church to teach by writing alone. He ordered them to preach. "And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mark 16:15) For many years all the Church had was handed down by word of mouth. Only later in the Church's history did the Apostles write of Jesus Christ and His teachings. The Bible says that it is not the sole source of faith:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. (Matthew 28:20)
But there are also many other things which Jesus did; which, if they were written every one, the world itself, I think, would not be able to contain the books that should be written. (John 21:25)
Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. (II Thessalonians 2:14)
The Protestants have removed whole books and parts of books from the Bible, Tobias, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, I Machabees, and II Machabees to hide their heresies. The outrages against the Word of God continue. The title of one version from 2003 is self-explanatory: Judith Christ Of Nazareth, The Gospels Of The Bible, Corrected To Reflect That Christ Was A Woman, Extracted From The Books Of Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John by the Law & Business Institute, ISBN 0966143728.
If you love the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10), instead of this propaganda movie, read The Facts About Luther by Patrick F. O'Hare LL.D. ISBN: 0895553228.
Black and White October 29, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like Christopher Columbus, Martin Luther is one of world History's Great movers who left his mark on the world. He was not a General. He was not an artist. He was not a politician or builder of buildings. He did not see himself as a Holy man like the Apostles but only as a humble reformer in a corrupt church.
Black and White is the format of this film. It is also the way in which the Great Uncompromising Christian Reformer is portayed. From the day he abandons his legal studies and promising future legal career. Through his ordination and his early inner troubles with God, Man's Relationship with God and Luther's own inner demons. His kindly mentor who takes Luther under his wing and then does his best to stear him right. First sending him to Rome (BIG Mistake for the Catholic Church establishment) and then to study scripture where Luther finds God and the truth about him. First his discovwery of the loving Word. Then his questions of Relics. His finding in Paul Salvation by Faith. His question of Indulgences.
Then in comes Leo X one of the Catholic Church's more mediocre Poples and his ambitions for the arts and the Church and a certain Archbishop who wants one more territory but is short of money. Admittedly, I feel they misportrayed Tetzel. This film makes him out as a bumbling Used Car dealer. But Tetzel really did believe in Indulgences and what he was selling to be genuine. He believed he was selling a real cure to afflicted people. Every coin he took in for indulgences he turned over to his church leaders. (And when Tetzel lay dying, lying in disgrace in a remote monostary, the only one who had anything nice to say for him was Luther. Luther actually wrote Tetzel a very comforting letter when he heard he was ill and dying).
But Luther's outrage at this shake down of the German peasanty and the the 95 Thesis Luther nailed to the Church Door for all to see is quite genuine. Written in Latin to spark enlightend debate within the Church. Some fellow apparently read it. Liked what he read. Copied it. Translated it into German. Showed it to his friends who liked what it said. And then somebody put both latin and German copies on a Printing Press (the internet of its time) and then the whole corrupt house comes tumbling down.
Luther did not want to destroy or harm the Catholic Church. He saw it was corrupt and wished the Establishment to clean up the corruption. Problem was the Establishment was the Corruption. The film is quite clear.
Just as it shows Luther's worst experiences. What happened was what he dreaded most. The house of the Catholic Church was corrupt and rotten and near collapse. The reformer had to build a shelter for his flock and the Christian people. And apparently took to the line He who is not with me is against me as he established his church and the Reformation began. His marriage to an escaped Nun is also covered. They had six children but few know they raised four orphans as well.
Still, for what it is worth, this is a great biography of the Great Reformer.
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