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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Martin Luther : the idea that changed the world / a film by Michael J. Trinklein, Steven J. Boettcher ; written by Michael J. Trinklein ; executive producers, Steven J. Boettcher, Michael J. Trinklein ; produced by Boettcher-Trinklein Television Inc.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2017]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical

widescreen fullscreen

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

The film vividly portrays key moments in Martin Luther's story. The massive lightning storm that nearly killed him, the bleak self-punishment of his time in the monastery, the corruption that unleashed his anger, the theological breakthrough that reset Christian thought, his trial before the most powerful man in Europe, the staged kidnapping that helped him escape the death penalty, and his ongoing drive to reform the church.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV-PG.

Subjects:

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.

Reformation -- Germany.

Genre:

Biographical television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Trinklein, Michael J., television producer, screenplay.

Boettcher, Steven J., television producer.

Bonneville, Hugh, narrator.

Delaney, Pádraic, actor.

Theisen, Stephanie, editor of moving image work.

Batty, David (Motion picture producer and director), television director.

Leader, Hannah, television producer.

Boettcher/Trinklein Television, Inc., production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Other Title:

Idea that changed the world

Notes:

Originally produced for television in 2017.

Widescreen.

Editor, Stephanie Theisen ; director of drama footage, David Batty ; producer of drama footage, Hannah Leader, Ray Bruce.

Narrated by Hugh Bonneville ; commentators, Timothy Dolan, Robert Kolb, James Kothals, Gerhard Bode, Jr., Jane Strohl, Paul W. Robinson, Mickey Mattox, Kirsi Stjerna, James Nestingen.

Padraic Delaney (Martin Luther).

DVD, region 1, NTSC; 16:9 widescreen presentation; Dolby digital stereo.

In English with optional English subtitles.

ISBN:

9781531703424

1531703429

9781531703424 : DVD

1531703429 : DVD

Publisher Number:

MLUI601

11962142

Other Number: