--- title: 'Martin Luther, Heretic (1983)' type: 'film' director: 'Norman Stone' released: '1983-01-01' runtime_minutes: 70 genres: - 'History' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/martin-luther-heretic-1983' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451115/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Martin Luther, Heretic (1983) 1983 · 70 min · History · United Kingdom, United States ## Synopsis 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Norman Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-stone) - **Screenplay:** [William Nicholson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-nicholson) - **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Limb](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-limb) ## Cast - [Clive Swift](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-swift) as Johann Tetzel - [Jonathan Pryce](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-pryce) as Martin Luther - [Hugh Laurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-laurie) - [John Nettleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-nettleton) as Andreas Karlstadt - [Maurice Denham](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-denham) as Johann von Staupitz ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/martin-luther-heretic-1983 Film facts: Wikidata (Q165780); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.