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Martin Luther : the reluctant revolutionary  Cover Image DVD DVD

Martin Luther : the reluctant revolutionary

Harrison, Cassian, (producer, screenwriter, director., Added Author, Added Author, Added Author). West, Timothy, (actor., Added Author). Neeson, Liam, (narrator., Added Author). Rubin, Miri, 1956- (commentator., Added Author). Cameron, Euan (Euan K.), (commentator., Added Author). McGrath, Alister E., 1953- (commentator., Added Author). Karant-Nunn, Susan C., (commentator., Added Author). Mullett, Michael A., (commentator., Added Author). Lion Television Ltd, (production company., Added Author). Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, (production company., Added Author). Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) (distributor., Added Author). PBS Home Video, (production company., Added Author).

Summary: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.

Record details

  • ISBN: 141570757X :
  • ISBN: 9781415707579
  • Physical Description: 1 video disc (120 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
    videodisc
  • Publisher: Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video : Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005
  • Producer: Lion Television Limited, [2002].
  • Distributor: Hollywood, CA : PBS Home Video : 2005

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on PBS on July 9, 2003.
"PBS DVD video."
"An Empires special."
Special features: Widescreen version -- Interview extras. Luther the hero ; Luther the villian ; Luther's world -- Behind the scenes
Formatted Contents Note: Driven to defiance -- The reluctant revolutionary.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Written, produced and directed by Cassian Harrison, Director of photography, Lee Pullbrook ; editing, Catherine Arend and James Gold ; music composers, Nick Powell and Lucy Wilkins.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator, Liam Neeson ; reenactment actor, Timothy West (Martin Luther) ; commentators, Miri Rubin, Euan Cameron, Alister McGrath, Susan Karant-Nunn, Michael A. Mullett.
Target Audience Note:
PARENTAL GUIDANCE Manitoba Film Classification Board
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
LICENSED FOR HOME USE ONLY
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Subtitles in English.
Subject: Reformation -- Germany
Reformation
Lutherans -- History
Monks -- Germany -- Biography
Reformation -- Germany -- Biography
Luther, Martin -- 1483-1546
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Williams Lake Branch 270.4 MAR (Text)
Legacy Use Count: 42
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Summary: Learn how one man reluctantly took on the most powerful institution of his day and won. Martin Luther is credited with expounding a new vision of man's relationship with God and, by extension, a redefinition of man's relationship with authority. Filmed across Europe -- from the rustic rural Germany to the opulence of the Vatican City -- you'll witness the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.

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