Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)
November 8, 1983Release Date
Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)
November 8, 1983Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.

Jonathan Pryce
Martin Luther

Maurice Denham
Father Staupitz

John Nettleton
Andreas Karlstadt

Clive Swift
Johann Tetzel

Philip Stone
Johann Eck

David de Keyser
Duke Frederick

Hugh Dickson
Georg Spalatin

Jon Croft
Berlepsch

Valentine Dyall
Chancellor

Pip Miller
Captain

John Byron
Papal Nuncio

Eric Francis
Keeper of Relics

Timothy Ackroyd
Student

Neal Swettenham
Student

James Kirby
Emperor

Graham Christopher
Medieval Player

Carl Forgione
Medieval Player

Mike Gallant
Medieval Player

Carl Heap
Medieval Player

Mark Heap
Medieval Player

Suzanne Von Koenigstadter
Medieval Player

Mark Saban
Medieval Player

Bridget Thornborrow
Medieval Player

Roy Weskin
Medieval Player

Norman Stone
Director

William Nicholson
Writer

David M. Thompson
Producer

Terry Doe
Director of Photography

Keith Hopper
Director of Photography

Catherine Arend
Editor

Pauline Dykes
Editor

Dick Coles
Production Design
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Martin Luther, Heretic is a 1983 film made to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Martin Luther. It was released on 8 November 1983 in the United Kingdom, two days before the 500th jubilee on 10 November. It starred Jonathan Pryce as Martin Luther. Maurice Denham reprised his role of Johann von Staupitz that he played in the 1973 American Film Theater film Luther. The time frame of the film is 1506-1522: the beginning of Luther's monastic vocation to his return from exile at the Wartburg in 1522. A medieval dramatic troupe's performances of mystery plays provide the unifying motif for a parallel telling of the story of the film. When Luther's carriage en route from the Wartburg to Wittenberg it is shown passing an actor wearing a devil's mask. When this scene is revisited at the end of the film, the actor slips this mask off his face.