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List Price: $19.99 | | Label: PBS Paramount
Salesrank: 28632
Released: March 8, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
Empires - Martin Luther Reviews:
Great Documentry about Martin Luther! 
2008-06-24 - Great documentry about Luther's life & his 95 Theses which made the Catholic church stop reigning for many, many yrs & the people rebelled against the Catholic church & it's teachings on buying many different indulgencses for salvation into heaven. Luther exposes the Catholic church & proves it by using scripture (bible-New Testament) that salvation is from Christ alone & it is a free gift from Christ that can't be earned, only accepted.
I recommend this DVD to people who are interested about Martin Luther. It's a well put documentry by PBS.
**Watch the DVD movie titled 'Luther' w/Jospeh Fiennes playing the part of Martin Luther-it's a good movie!:+)...(filmed in 2003 or 2004).
American Experience - Reconstruction: The Second Civil War 
2008-03-23 - The video brought out some very interesting facts about the reconstruction years after the Civil War. How we arrived there and what was done to cause such reaction by the South. Some thing I would recommend to all people to watch.
Martin Luther - The Reluctant Revolutionary
2008-03-17 - Interesting biography. Very different from the recent movie. I have read little of his life other than the 95 thesises. It was interesting to note is prior and post life after the start of the Reformation. I was shocked at his Anti-Semitism and some of his caustic writings; very out of character for a Christian.
Good, but not what it could be 
2008-02-24 - This is a very well rounded documentary on Martin Luther. One of the interesting things about this documentary is that actors play luther and other people in Luther's life, this is a nice way to see a historical life play out instead of just through pictures and texts. The only thing that could have been better about this documentary was that it is a little bland for such a revoltutionary life.
Effective cinematic slight of hand (3 and a half stars)
2005-08-22 - Despite its modest budget, this PBS docudrama on the life and significance of Martin Luther manages to be accessible, engaging, and informative. It combines a talking-heads approach--the testimony of six Luther scholars--with a flashback skeletal narrative--Martin Luther, played by Timothy West, reflecting on his life while on his "last journey."
Each of the scholars is more animated and communicative than is frequently the case in such documentaries, and their language, along with that of Liam Neeson's 3rd person narrator, is consistently direct and straightforward. As Luther, West may be the weak addition to the mix. His arch eyebrows, along with his curiously winking glances at the camera, make it difficult to tell whether he's sad, glad, pensive, apprehensive, or simply clueless about what he's doing in this movie.
Unlike at least three theatrical releases with the same title, this "Luther" makes little reference to Luther's wife, family and colleagues, but it does offer its own insights: Luther's anti-Semiticism, his support of state authorities who exterminated 100,000 rebellious peasants, and above all his strengths as a writer. The Luther who emerges is a man of extremes but also an individual of heroic fearlessness, absolute integrity, and undeniable global influence.
Credit the striking, panoramic natural scenes and the music score (though too close to Phillip Glass for my taste) for helping the viewer forget that this is a movie in which much is told but very little happens.
