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Luther

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Village Vidiot

Choppy but almost too complete and strangely flat historical drama about the life of Martin Luther (Joseph Finnes). Most critics really liked this 2003 production and it caused a religious war on IMDB, but I still went unmoved. Stellar work by Peter Ustinov as the prince of Wittenburg who protects him and goes along with his reformation, and by Bruno Ganz as his priestly pseudo-father. Interesting because of the stuff it deals with but far too reverential. Funded by Provident Financial, the financial arm of the Lutheran Church in America. Makes salvation by faith vs works mean something in context

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