Product: Luther [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Rating: 5.0
Excellent treatment of the great Reformer!
I saw this movie in the theater, loved it, and made a note to buy it when it came out on DVD. I had to wait more than a year for the DVD, but it was worth the wait. This film is very well done, moves briskly, tells the story it needs to tell, never gets boring or talky, and is just very entertaining. This isn't just for Lutherans, but for everyone interested in church history or, for that matter, the history of western civilization.This is probably the best version of Luther's life available. There was a 1975 film starring Stacy Keach (who did an excellent job), but that was a transcription of a stage play by John Osborne, and thus feels very stage-bound and non-cinematic. The 1953 version I've never seen and thus cannot comment on. But this latest version, with Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, and the late Sir Peter Ustinov, I can recommend very highly.