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Luther is rarely presented as anything other than a preacher. He preaches even in casual conversation.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
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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.
Director and cast
- Eric Till Director
- 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
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
45%
Tomatometer
Fresh
About as swashbuckling as a history lesson gets.
Leah McLaren, Globe and Mail
Fresh
A few too many amateurish techniques and oversimplified confrontations hold Luther back a notch or two from greatness, and stamp it instead as entertaining Lutheran cheerleading.
Michael Booth, Denver Post
Fresh
Shot on 100 locations in three countries and outfitted with impressive props, costumes, art direction and medieval streets, Luther makes up for what it lacks in vigorous storytelling with such production values.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Heady theological badminton, as vigorously thoughtful as it is piously historical.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
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