Martin Luther (1953 film)
Martin Luther is a 1953 film biography of Martin Luther. It was directed by Irving Pichel, who also plays a supporting role, and stars Niall MacGinnis as Luther. It was produced by Louis de Rochemont and RDDR Corporation in collaboration with Lutheran Church Productions and LutherFilmG.M.B.H.
The time frame of the film is 15051530 Luthers entrance into the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt to the presentation of the Augsburg Confession. It recounts Martin Luthers struggle to find Gods mercy his discovery of the gospel in Romans 117, the posting of the Ninetyfive theses, and the subsequent controversy, which led to Luthers being separated from the church of Rome. It shows Luthers resistance to the forces of radicalism, and his work to establish and maintain the evangelical movement of his day. The dramatic climax of the film is Luthers Here I Stand speech before the 1521 Diet of Worms, and the grand finale is the singing of A Mighty Fortress Is Our God by Luthers congregation.Narrator John Wiggin begins the film with a scholarly overview of the place and time of the life of Martin Luther. He points out that power is divided between the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church. To set the stage for the presentation of Luthers conflict with the church of his day he states, the church had largely forgotten the mercies of God and, instead, it emphasized Gods implacable judgments. ........
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