Luther Movie Review 2003

Tame religious biopic follows the 16th century law student turned young monk who started the Protestant religious movement. Despite depicting a plethora of the remarkable moments that made up Luther's life, pic lacks focus that might have illuminated this important historical figure. Refusing to recant his beliefs, including the famous 95 Theses questioning Catholic Church practices, Luther was excommunicated, which sparked the Reformation and Protestantism. Fiennes gives an able but diluted performance in the title role while Ustinov as Prince Frederick is at his scene-stealing best.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from German.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Biopics: Religious, Period Piece: 16th Century, Germany

Screenplay

Camille Thomasson, Bart Gavigan

Cast

Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Peter Ustinov, Bruno Ganz, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Matthieu Carriere, Jochen Horst

Cinematography

Robert Fraisse

Director

Eric Till

Music

Richard Harvey

Other

Ed Cantu, Sandy McLelland, Clive Barrett, Christian Schafer, Ralf Schreck, Ulla Gothe, Rolf Zehetbauer

Producer

Dennis Clauss, Kurt Rittig, Gabriela Pfander, J. Daniel Nichols, Neue Filmproduktion Teleart, RS Entertainment