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Luther (DVD)

Directed by : Guy Green
Crew : Freddie Young , Ely Landau
Available Date : 11/30/-0001
Release Year : 1974
Running Time : 111
UPC : 738329027926
Country : U.S.
Language: English
Subject : Performing Arts, German Cinema & Culture, European History
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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 Osbourne's (Look Back in Anger) original play.

Luther compresses 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 rebellious search for truth. We're introduced to Luther as a young monk in 1506, 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's condemnation of the Catholic Church and incitement fo the Protestant reformation become the last desperate acts of a brilliant but deeply troubled man of conscience who has run out of options.

Product Extras :
  • Theatrical trailer
  • "John Osbourne and Luther" - an essay by Michael Feingold, Chief Theater Critic, The Village Voice
  • The AFT Cinebill for Luther
  • Stills Gallery
  • An interview with Edie Landau - Executive in charge, The American Film Theatre
  • Ely Landau: In Front of the Camera - AFT promotional reel (1974)
  • The American Film Theatre Trailer Gallery - Includes a complete list of the AFT films
  • The American Film Theatre scrapbook
  • Enhanced for 16 X 9 TVs
Publish Date : 0000-00-00
UV Canada Link : https://unobstructedview.com/luther-n-a-kin027926-web.html
  • Guy Green - Director
  • Patrick Magee - Actor
  • Hugh Griffith - Actor
  • Judi Dench - Actor
  • Alan Badel - Actor
  • Stacy Keach - Actor
  • Freddie Young - Cinematographer
  • Ely Landau - Producer

Reviews

"Stacy Keach is brilliant" - Kevin Kelly, The Boston Globe

"One of the best pictures of the year." - The Denver Post

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