Martin Luther, Heretic

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1983 British film

Martin Luther, Heretic

Directed by| Norman Stone
Written by| William Nicholson
Produced by| David M. Thompson
Starring| Jonathan Pryce
Maurice Denham
Hugh Dickson
John Nettleton
Clive Swift
Hugh Laurie
Cinematography| Keith Hopper
Edited by| Pauline Dykes
Music by| Roger Limb
Distributed by| British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Family Films
Concordia Films

Release dates

* 8 November 1983 (1983-11-08) (U.K.)
* 10 November 1983 (1983-11-10) (U.S.)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Countries| United Kingdom
United States
Language| English

Martin Luther, Heretic is a 1983 film made to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. It was released on 8 November 1983 in the United Kingdom, two days before the 500th jubilee on 10 November. 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[edit]

Some[who?] could interpret the portrayal of Martin Luther returning to Wittenberg, which occurred in early 1522, as his approving of the radical changes instigated by Andreas Karlstadt the year before. However, historically, Luther opposed some of the changes as well as the rashness of the changes he did approve of. The movie makes the out-break of the radical changes the instigation of his return thus implying, probably rightly, the need he felt to moderate them. He preached his "Invocavit Sermons" against this radical reform in Wittenberg, and he had some of the changes rolled back.[citation needed]

## Cast[edit]

* Jonathan Pryce \- Martin Luther
* Maurice Denham \- Father Staupitz
* John Nettleton \- Andreas Karlstadt
* Clive Swift \- Johann Tetzel
* Philip Stone \- Johann Eck
* David de Keyser \- Duke Frederick
* Hugh Dickson - Georg Spalatin
* Jon Croft - Berlepsch
* Valentine Dyall \- Chancellor
* Pip Miller - Captain
* John Byron - Papal Nuncio
* Eric Francis - Keeper of Relics
* Timothy Ackroyd \- Student
* Neal Swettenham - Student
* James Kirby - Emperor

## External links[edit]

* Martin Luther, Heretic at IMDb

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Martin Luther

* Bibliography
* Resources about Martin Luther

Works|

* Ninety-five Theses (1517)
* Sermon on Indulgences and Grace (1518)
* To the Christian Nobility of the German Nation (1520)
* On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520)
* On the Freedom of a Christian (1520)
* Against Henry, King of the English (1522)
* Luther Bible (1522, 1534)
* The Adoration of the Sacrament (1523)
* Formula missae (1523)
* Against the Murderous, Thieving Hordes of Peasants (1525)
* On the Bondage of the Will (1525)
* The Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ—Against the Fanatics (1526)
* Deutsche Messe (1526)
* Confession Concerning Christ's Supper (1528)
* On War Against the Turk (1529)
* Small Catechism (1529)
* Articles of Schwabach (1529)
* Large Catechism (1529)
* Smalcald Articles (1537)
* On the Councils and the Church (1539)
* On the Jews and Their Lies (1543)
* Vom Schem Hamphoras (1543)
* Luther's Table Talk (1566)
* Weimar edition of Luther's works

| List of hymns|

* First Lutheran hymnal (1524)
* Erfurt Enchiridion (1524)
* Eyn geystlich Gesangk Buchleyn (1524)
* "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" (1529)
* "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam" (1543)

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Topics
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* Reformation
* Lutheranism
* Heidelberg Disputation, 1518
* Leipzig Debate, 1519
* Exsurge Domine, 1520
* Diet of Worms, 1521
* Decet Romanum Pontificem, 1521
* Marburg Colloquy, 1529
* Augsburg Confession, 1530
* Luther's canon
* Theology of Martin Luther
* Theology of the Cross
* Priesthood of all believers
* Sola fide
* Sola scriptura
* Two kingdoms
* Beerwolf (1539)
* Law and Gospel
* Marian theology
* Eucharist in Lutheranism
* Sacramental union
* Words of Institution
* Antisemitism
* Propaganda during the Reformation
* Die Lügend von S. Johanne Chrysostomo (1537 edition)

People|

* Hans and Margarethe Luther (parents)
* Katharina von Bora (wife)
* Magdalena Luther (daughter)
* Paul Luther (son)
* Albert of Brandenburg
* Bartholomaeus Arnoldi
* Erasmus
* Georg Rörer
* Johann Cochlaeus
* Johann Reuchlin
* Johann von Staupitz
* Justus Jonas
* Karl von Miltitz
* Andreas Karlstadt
* Philip Melanchthon
* Pope Leo X
* Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
* Frederick the Wise
* Albrecht VII. von Mansfeld

Luther sites|

* All Saints' Church, Wittenberg
* Stadtkirche Wittenberg
* Lutherhaus
* Lutherstädte
* Martin Luther's Birth House
* Martin Luther's Death House
* Melanchthonhaus (Wittenberg)
* St. Augustine's Monastery
* Veste Coburg (Fortress)
* Wartburg Castle

Film and theatre|

* Martin Luther (1923 film)
* Luther (1928 film)
* Martin Luther (1953 film)
* Luther (1961 play)
* Luther (1964 film)
* Luther (1974 film)
* Martin Luther, Heretic (1983 film)
* Luther (2003 film)
* Luther and I (2017 film)

Luther Monuments|

* Luther Monument, Washington D.C.
* Luther Monument, Worms

Related|

* Luther rose
* Theologia Germanica

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Works by William Nicholson

Novels|

* Wind on Fire
* The Wind Singer
* Slaves of the Mastery
* Firesong
* Noble Warriors
* Seeker
* Jango
* Noman
* The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life

Plays|

* Shadowlands
* The Retreat from Moscow

Films directed|

* Firelight
* Hope Gap

Films written|

* Martin Luther, Heretic
* The March
* Shadowlands
* Nell
* First Knight
* Grey Owl
* Gladiator
* Elizabeth: The Golden Age
* Les Misérables
* Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
* Unbroken
* Everest
* Breathe
* Thirteen Lives

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