List of movies about Martin Luther

Numerous movies have been produced about Martin Luther's life and his doings. In a narrow sense, a Luther movie is a feature movie or a television movie. In an wider sense a Luther movie could also be a documentary movie about Martin Luther, like Curt Oertel's Der gehorsame Rebell (translated: The Obedient Rebel).

 Background  
Since the time of the silent movies movies telling the story of Martin Luther have been made. In 1911, was made the silent movie Doktor Martinus Luther, with a running time of round about 20 minutes. 1913, 1923 und 1927 were made the next movies. The movies of the year 1923 and 1927, were made with support of the church.

The newest movie is called Luther. It was released in 2003.

 Overview of the feature movies and television movies about Luther 

YearTitleCountry of productionDirectorLuther-actor1911Doktor Martinus LutherGermanyHermann Litt1913Die Wittenberger NachtigallGermanyErwin BáronRudolf Essek1923Martin LutherGermanyKarl WüstenhagenKarl Wüstenhagen1928LutherGermanyHans KyserEugen Klöpfer1953Martin LutherUnited StatesGermanyIrving PichelNiall MacGinnis1964LutherAustraliaChristopher MuirTerry Norris1965LutherUnited KingdomAlan CookeAlec McCowen1965Der arme Mann LutherGermanyFranz Peter WirthHans Dieter Zeidler1968Der ReformatorGermanyRudolf JugertChristian Rode1968LutherUnited StatesStuart BurgeRobert Shaw1974LutherUnited Kingdom United StatesCanadaGuy GreenStacy Keach1976Disput u nociYugoslaviaMilenko MaricicJovan Milicevic1981Frère MartinFranceGermanyJean DelannoyBernard Lincot1983Martin LutherGermanyRainer WolffhardtLambert Hamel1983Martin LutherEast GermanyKurt VethUlrich Thein1983Martin Luther, HereticUnited KingdomUnited StatesNorman StoneJonathan Pryce1984Martin Luther & Thomas Münzer oder Die Einführung der BuchhaltungEast GermanyHanns Anselm PertenMichael KrullUwe-Detlev Jessen2003LutherGermanyUnited StatesEric TillJoseph Fiennes

 Overview of the documentary movies about Luther 

JahrDocumentary movie titleCountry of productionDirectorLuther-acteur1952Der gehorsame RebellGermanyCurt Oertel1967Credo: Martin Luther – Wittenberg 1517East GermanyRudi Müller1983Ein Schüler aus Mansfeld – Die Jugendjahre Martin LuthersEast GermanyHeide Gauert1983Der die Zeit beim Worte nahm – Martin Luther auf der WartburgEast GermanyHanna Emuth1983Bürger Luther – Wittenberg 1508–1546East GermanyLew Hohmann1992Where Luther WalkedUnited States2001Open Door for LutherUnited States2002Martin LutherUnited KingdomCassian HarrisonTimothy West2003Martin Luther – Ein Leben zwischen Gott und TeufelGermanyLew HohmannJan Henning Krausand Matthias Hummitzsch2004Luther contre le papeFranceJean-François DelassusRomain Redlerand Claude Brosset2005Luther – Sein Leben, Weg und ErbeGermanyThomas MeewesJoseph FiennesMany scenes of the documentary movie are scenes of the movie Luther (2003) and the content is similar.2007Luther – Kampf mit dem TeufelGermanyGünther KleinBen Becker

Notes

 Literature 
 E. P. Wipfler: "Luther im Stummfilm: Zum Wandel protestantischer Mentalität im Spiegel der FIlmgeschichte bis 1930" (Luther in Silent Films: about the change of Protestant mentality through the history of movie until 1930). In: Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, Bd. 98, 2007, S. 167-198.
 Jäschke, Wolfgang: Martin Luther. Reformator - Ketzer - Nationalheld?. München, 1983: 
 Dähn, Horst: Luther und die DDR. Berlin, 1996: 

 Other websites 
 EKD - Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland - Martin Luther im Film (German) 
 Document title - Luther im Stummfilm - Luther in silent films - Résumé 

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