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Luther / Joseph Fiennes. Videorecording.

Material type: TextTextSeries: MGM DVDPublication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, 2003.Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0792861914
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR327
Contents:
"Spare me!" -- In fear of God -- The steps to Rome -- Student and preacher -- "I was wrong" -- Savior of the Church -- The price of salvation -- Papal politics -- One word for the Cardinal -- How to say no to Rome -- Feeding the fire -- A hearing in Germany -- A simple reply -- Should anything happen -- The great leveling -- 100,000 dead peasants -- The German Bible -- Music and marriage -- Revolt of the princes -- Special features. Cast interviews -- Theatrical trailer.
Summary: Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) stars as Martin Luther, the brilliant man of God whose defiant actions changed the world, in this "epic, ravishingly beautiful" (The New York Times) film that traces Luther's extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the people's liberation. Regional princes and the powerful Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip on 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refuses to back down, sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core. - Container.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
Holdings
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Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals Audio-Visual DVD72 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) DVD72 Available

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Special features: original theatrical trailer; cast interviews.

"Spare me!" --
In fear of God --
The steps to Rome --
Student and preacher --
"I was wrong" --
Savior of the Church --
The price of salvation --
Papal politics --
One word for the Cardinal --
How to say no to Rome --
Feeding the fire --
A hearing in Germany --
A simple reply --
Should anything happen --
The great leveling --
100,000 dead peasants --
The German Bible --
Music and marriage --
Revolt of the princes --
Special features. Cast interviews --
Theatrical trailer.


Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) stars as Martin Luther, the brilliant man of God whose defiant actions changed the world, in this "epic, ravishingly beautiful" (The New York Times) film that traces Luther's extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the people's liberation. Regional princes and the powerful Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip on 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refuses to back down, sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core. - Container.