During the early 16th century, idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Acting
Joseph Fiennes simmers with repressed revolutionary energy.
Production
Gorgeous 16th-century detail that makes the church look decadent and corrupt.
Writing
Theses on the door scene hits harder than it should.
Director
Eric Till
Joseph Fiennes
Martin Luther
Jonathan Firth
Girolamo Aleander
Claire Cox
Katharina von Bora
Alfred Molina
Johann Tetzel
Peter Ustinov
Frederick
Bruno Ganz
Johann von Staupitz
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Leo X
Maria Simon
Hanna
Mathieu Carrière
Cardinal Jacob Cajetan
Benjamin Sadler
Georg Spalatin
Jochen Horst
Andreas Karlstadt
Marco Hofschneider
Ulrich
Anian Zollner
Philipp von Hessen
Herb Andress
Gunter
Torben Liebrecht
Charles V
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Peter Ustinov's final film role—he plays Frederick the Wise with the exact energy of a man who's seen everything.
Released during a brief early-2000s wave of religious historical dramas; oddly prescient given ongoing church accountability conversations.
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