Movie : Luther

[isabelladangelo]

Have any of the 16th c German enthusiasts seen the movie Luther (2003)? I watched it the other day and thought, for the most part, the costuming was drool worthy. Then again, I'm not knowledgeable enough on the German side of the 16th c house to say much about it. The movie was pretty good overall and did a nice job of showing the problems with the Catholic Church, problems that were known inside the Catholic Church, during the early 16th c. (I'm Catholic if anyone is curious about that.) It showed the abuse of relics, indulgences, and the focus on the afterlife rather than the focus being on helping those who need help in this life. It also showed how some of the reformation movement wanted to go a lot further than Luther did. Overall, a pretty good movie with pretty outfits.

The Catholic Movie Review. It's pretty helpful since it points out the historical inaccuracies as well as admitting to some of the problems pointed out in the film during the early 16th c.

This page is pretty interesting in regards to translations of the Bible into common languages. Basically, the movie makes a big deal about the Bible being published into German. According to both this and the Catholic Movie review, copies of the Bible were readily available in German...the difference was that the translations were based on the Vulgate and not the original Greek texts. (Having read both, I can say that the original Greek texts to offer a different light on what was probably actually said and what happened during the time of Jesus. Overall, I found the Greek NT interesting in comparison to the Vulgate and English translations.)

Comments

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

Do you know the Castle Garden Creations sisters? (They're Lutheran, for what it's worth) -- they thought it as a wonderful movie

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

It was pretty good. I just loved the costuming of it (::drool::) and found it to be an interesting look into the Reformation time period. It does have several inaccuracies (some of which I found out later as I went and read a couple of my books on the period as well as various webpages) but, for costuming and a "feel" for the period, it's pretty good.

[florentinescot.livejournal.com]

nods. IIRC, that was their assessment as well.