Luther (2003)

123 min · Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, fiction film

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Eric Till

Cast

Joseph Fiennes, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Alfred Molina, Peter Ustinov, Bruno Ganz, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Maria Simon, Mathieu Carrière, Benjamin Sadler, Jochen Horst, Marco Hofschneider, Anian Zollner, Herb Andress, Torben Liebrecht, Lars Rudolph, Christopher Buchholz, Timothy Peach, Felix Klare, Florian Panzner, Jens Winter

The story

The film begins during a thunderstorm in 1505, as Luther is returning to his home. For fear of losing his life in the storm, Luther commits his life to God and becomes an Augustinian friar. Two years later, Luther is a friar at St.

Catalogue themes and tags

Almosen, Ancient Rome, Augustinian Monastery, Bibel, Buße, Cardinal, Christianity, Cripple, Dead Child, Desperation, Discharge-commerce, Erfurt, Excommunication, Funeral, Gewissen, Hochzeit, Injustice, Junker, Katholizismus, Kirche, Lightning, Mönch, Neues Testament, Nonnen, One Man Army, Palace, Papst, Pilgrim, Pilgrimage, Prayer, Prediger, Prinz, Rebel, Reformation, Reliquie, Theology, Thesen, Traitor, Translation, Universität, Vow, Wartburg Castle, Wittenberg, sechzehntes Jahrhundert, vater-sohn, woods, Christian film, Biography, World cinema, Costume drama, Period piece, Drama, Biographical film, Political drama

Genres

Biographical picture, Historie, biographical film, fiction film

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