Martin Luther

1953
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1h 45m

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Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.Biopic of German priest Martin Luther (Niall MacGinnis), covering his life between 1505 and 1530 A.D., and the birth of the Protestant Reformation movement.

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Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 1 win & 4 nominations total

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This movie was never released in Québec, Canada. At the time, Québec's movie censorship board (made up entirely of French-speaking Catholics) refused to approve this movie to be shown in Québec's movie theaters. Therefore, it could only be shown in the basements of Québec's Protestant churches.

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Dr. Eck: Martin Luther! Do you think you are the only one who knows the truth?
Martin Luther: I will tell you what I think. I have the right to believe freely. To be a slave to no man's authority. To confess what appears to me to be true whether it is proved or disapproved, whether it is spoken by Catholic or by heritic.
Dr. Eck: Then you deny the authority of the pope!
Martin Luther: In matters of faith, I think that neither council, nor pope, nor any man has power over my conscience. And where they disagree with scripture, I deny pope and council and all. A simple layman armed with scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it.
Dr. Eck: Heresy, Doctor Luther! Heresy!
Martin Luther: Heresy? So be it. It is still the truth!

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Featured in Wormwood: Chapter 2: A Terrible Mistake (2017)

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7/10

"A simple layman armed with scripture is greater than the mightiest pope without it"

Before he could be formally blacklisted Irving Pichel fled to Europe where he channelled his feelings about the UAAC into this forthright account of an obvious historical precedent.

With the camera in the able hands of Oscar-nominated Joseph Brun, Niall MacGuinness gives a performance of evangelical zeal in what was probably his only leading role in a film.