Luther (2003)

So much of our culture is saturated with filth unworthy of a sewer.

Movies with meaningful messages are rare. Luther, the movie, is one of them. Luther is an intense, thoughtful, historic and inspiring story of one of the greatest men of God in human history. The DVD cover described Martin Luther as one whose “defiant actions changed the world.” The cover summaries that the movie “traces Luther’s extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the (German) people’s liberation.”

It also comments, “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 shake the entire continent to its core.”

The movie accurately portrays the corruption of the state Church. Selling of indulgences and the worshipping of relics and hoarding of wealth by the Catholic Church were but of a few of the vices associated with the Church that hit Luther in the face as he visited Rome and saw the corruption for himself.

Furthermore, Luther's impact on the world can be seen today on over one-half a billion people, whose lives have been touched by the Protestant Reformation. Luther's message was that faith was all that was necessary for salvation not all man made ecclesiastical requirements.

I watched the movie again this week and found it even more meaningful than when I first saw it. It is a movie that should be included in everyone’s DVD collection.

There is another movie on Luther made in 1973. It was black and white movie and it was very good in its own right.

RATING

gregjaye rates the movie a ***** out of *****. The story was powerful and informative. The acting is excellent. The music and the cinemaphotography were very good.