Luther (1974 movie)
1973 film by Guy Green
(Redirected from Luther (1973 film))
Luther is a 1974 movie about the life of Martin Luther. The movie starred Stacy Keach as Luther.
Luther | |
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Directed by | Guy Green |
Written by | Edward Anhalt (script) John Osborne (play) |
Produced by | Ely Landau |
Starring | Stacy Keach Julian Glover Maurice Denham Judi Dench Patrick Magee Hugh Griffith Robert Stephens |
Cinematography | Freddie Young |
Distributed by | AFT Distributing Corporation |
Release dates | 1973 April 1976 |
Running time | 111 minutes |
Language | English |
Plot change
The movie is a version of John Osborne's biographical play, presenting the life of Martin Luther. The movie begins in the year 1506 and ends in the year 1526.
Cast change
(in order of appearance)
- Peter Cellier as Prior
- Leonard Rossiter as Brother Weinand
- Stacy Keach as Martin Luther
- Patrick Magee as Luther's father
- Thomas Heathcote as [Lucas, a] friend [of Luther's father]
- Julian Glover as Knight
- Matthew Guinness as reading monk
- Hugh Griffith as John Tetzel
- Maurice Denham as Johann von Staupitz, Vicar General
- Alan Badel as Cardinal Cajetan de Vio
- Robert Stephens as Johann von Eck
- Bruce Carstairs as Duke Frederick, Elector of Saxony
- Malcolm Stoddard as Emperor Charles the Fifth
- Judi Dench as Luther's wife