Luther (DVD)

Directed by Guy Green

Release Year: 1974

Running Time: 111

UPC: 7 38329 02792 6

Color Type: Color

Country: U.S.

Language: English

Genres: Religion, Biography, Theatre

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Cast

Patrick Magee
Hugh Griffith
Judi Dench
Alan Badel
Stacy Keach

Crew

Cinematographer Freddie Young
Produced by Ely Landau
Directed by Guy Green

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.

DVD Extras Include:

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

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

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

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