Martin Luther [videorecording] / a Lion Television production in association with PBS and Devillier Donegan Enterprises ; written, produced & directed by Cassian Harrison.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: B8819 | PBS DVD VideoPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS DVD Video ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2003.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 0780641469
  • 9780780641464
Uniform titles:
  • Empires (Television program)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD BR325 .M293 2003
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued on VHS.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Luther's last journey ; A child of the church ; To house and school ; Plague and crisis ; Life in the monastery ; The journey to Rome ; The indulgence crisis -- pt. 2. The ire of Rome ; Raising the stakes ; The Protestant manifesto ; The diet of worms ; Confusion and exile ; Reformation ; The legacy.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Lee Pullbrook ; editing, Catherine Arend and James Gold ; music composers, Nick Powell and Lucy Wilkins.
Narrator, Liam Neeson ; Actor, Timothy West.Summary: Martin Luther nailed his treatise to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral and forever changed the Christian world. This previously obscure German monk unleashed forces that would plunge Europe into war and chaos. He offered the Christian world a new vision of man's relationship with God and, in turn, redefined man's relationship with authority in general, bringing the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.
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DVD Storms Research Center DVD Collection DVD BR 325 .M293 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98645802

DVD.

Special features: interview extras: "Luther the hero", "Luther the villain", "Luther's world"; behind the scenes.

"An Empires special."

Videodisc release of a 2002 television program.

"Presented in a 'matted' widescreen format preserving the aspect ratio of its original theatrical exhibition. Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.

Recorded in Dolby surround stereo.

Pt. 1. Luther's last journey ; A child of the church ; To house and school ; Plague and crisis ; Life in the monastery ; The journey to Rome ; The indulgence crisis -- pt. 2. The ire of Rome ; Raising the stakes ; The Protestant manifesto ; The diet of worms ; Confusion and exile ; Reformation ; The legacy.

Director of photography, Lee Pullbrook ; editing, Catherine Arend and James Gold ; music composers, Nick Powell and Lucy Wilkins.

Narrator, Liam Neeson ; Actor, Timothy West.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Martin Luther nailed his treatise to the doors of the Wittenberg Cathedral and forever changed the Christian world. This previously obscure German monk unleashed forces that would plunge Europe into war and chaos. He offered the Christian world a new vision of man's relationship with God and, in turn, redefined man's relationship with authority in general, bringing the collapse of the medieval world and the birth of the modern age.

Also issued on VHS.

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