Martin Luther (1953 movie)
Martin Luther is a 1953 movie biography of Martin Luther. It was directed by Irving Pichel, who also plays a supporting role.
The movie starred Niall MacGinnis as Luther.
Plot
The movie begins in the year 1505. Luther goes into a monastery in Erfurt, but he is in fear of God. One day he finds God's mercy in the New Testament (in Romans 1:17). Later he published his Ninety-Five Theses. In the year 1521, in the view of the pope, he should recant on the Diet of Worms. But there he does it not. Instead he says "Here I Stand". The movie ends with the presentation of the Augsburg Confession.
Martin Luther (1953 Movie) Media
Niall MacGinnis (as Martin Luther) in Martin Luther (1953) - cropped screenshot
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