Movie
Luther
Overview
During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Details
- Release date
- 2003-10-29
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- NFP Teleart Berlin, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Eikon Media
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther
- Jonathan Firth as Girolamo Aleander
- Claire Cox as Katharina von Bora
- Alfred Molina as Johann Tetzel
- Peter Ustinov as Frederick
- Bruno Ganz as Johann von Staupitz
- Uwe Ochsenknecht as Leo X
- Maria Simon as Hanna
- Mathieu Carrière as Cardinal Jacob Cajetan
- Benjamin Sadler as Georg Spalatin
- Jochen Horst as Andreas Karlstadt
- Marco Hofschneider as Ulrich
Crew
- Eric Till - Director
- Camille Thomasson - Screenplay
- Bart Gavigan - Screenplay
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