Product: Luther [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Rating: 2.0
Complete revamp of a monster
I first rented this movie, & was deeply touched by it. The continuity was excellent, Ustinov & Fiennes were excellent, all in all worthy of a 5 star in most circumstances.Why then, only 2 stars? After viewing the film, I actually looked up information on Luthor, & he was NOWHERE near the saint he was portrayed as in the film. He was an advocate of Anti-semitism, to the extreme where he wrote that the Jews should be burned in their synagogues, homes, & anywhere else they were to be found. Luthor also condoned the slaughter of 100,000 peasants, & proclaimed logic to be the 'Devil's Whore'. There are scenes in the movie where ML is agonizing over the violence, & one scene where ML stops a mob from destroying a church, & rebukes an ardent follower. None of this jibes w/history and the TRUTH: Martin Luthor was a religious fanatic, & little better than a monster, not the saint this movie makes him out to be. The only reason I gave it any stars at all, was the excellent production values, actors, dialogue, & script. Otherwise, this is pure Hollyweird Revisionism, pure & simple