Product: Luther [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Rating: 5.0
A real lesson for televangelists
Starring the incredible Joseph Fiennes (who was also remarkable in Elizabeth), this movie depicts an insignificant German monk who realizes that the Catholic Church is charging admission into paradise and a one way ticket out of pergatory. Understanding that this is not what Christ envisioned, he sets out on a crusade to stop this robbery of the poor. Luther believes that it is the right of every beliver to have access to the Bible, not only the wealthy who can read Greek or Latin. He eventually translates the New Testament into German and does the unthinkable--he gets married.Alfred Molina was an excellent antagonist as the Bishop who reports this heretic to his superiors in Rome. Martin Luther quickly finds himself in a web of trouble with only one way out.