Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film)

Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film)
Martin Luther, Heretic
Directed by Norman Stone
Produced by David M. Thompson
Written by William Nicholson
Starring Jonathan Pryce
Maurice Denham
Hugh Dickson
John Nettleton
Clive Swift
Music by Roger Limb
Cinematography Keith Hopper
Editing by Pauline Dykes
Distributed by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Family Films
Concordia Films
Release date(s) Europe November 8, 1983
North America November 10, 1983
Running time 70 min
Country UK/US
Language English

Martin Luther, Heretic was a film made in 1983 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. It was released on November 8, 1983 in the United Kingdom, two days before the 500th jubilee on November 10. It starred Jonathan Pryce as Martin Luther. Maurice Denham reprised his role of Johann von Staupitz that he played in the 1973 American Film Theater film Luther. The time frame of the film is 1506-1522: the beginning of Luther's monastic vocation to his return from exile at the Wartburg in 1522. A medieval dramatic troupe's performances of mystery plays provide the unifying motif for a parallel telling of the story of the film. When Luther's carriage en route from the Wartburg to Wittenberg it is shown passing an actor wearing a devil's mask. When this scene is revisited at the end of the film, the actor slips this mask off his face.

Historical inconsistencies

  • In early 1522 when Martin Luther returned to Wittenberg he is portrayed as approving of the radical changes instigated by Andreas Karlstadt the year before, while, historically, Luther opposed some of the changes as well as the rashness of the changes he did approve of. He preached his "Invocavit Sermons" against this radical reform in Wittenberg, and he had some of the changes rolled back.

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