Product: Luther [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Germany ]
Rating: 5.0
Excellent film about Luther
There have been at least three films about Luther: The 1953 classic black and white film, the 1970's ""Luther" with Stacy Keach as a psychologically conflicted Luther, and this version, which is the best. Big, colorful, well-written, wonderfully acted, this film is the type of big-budget historical drama that Hollywood used to do so well. Although Fiennes bears no resemblance to even the younger Luther, he does a great job and won this viewer over very quickly. As a former Catholic and now confessional Lutheran, I can say with experience that justification by works is, indeed, taught in the Catholic church. I never heard of justification by faith until I read the New Testament. I was very clearly taught in the catholic church, over and over, that I was saved by good works and not by faith. That Luther was so clear about this (and the Catholic church either denied it or waffled on it) is what began my move to Lutheranism.Great movie. Don't miss it.