History Film / Luther

A 2003 period drama starring Creator/JosephFiennes in the role of Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Christianity.

A 2003 drama starring Creator/JosephFiennes in the role of Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Christianity.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Luther bases his arguments on references to the Bible. (In counter-arguments to things other people say, he also quote a lot of other sources, emphasizing his role as a scholar.)

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_(2003_film)#Film_inaccuracies Quite a bit]]. For example, the Golden Rose is given to Frederick of Saxony to entice to hand Luther over to Rome, whereas in reality the motives behind his receiving the Rose were not related to Luther.

* CorruptChurch: The film's portrayal of the Catholic Church at this time, with its use of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indulgence indulgences]].

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_(2003_film)#Film_inaccuracies Quite a bit]].

* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Johann Tetzel is shown preaching [[LargeHam dramatically]] about this subject.

* LargeHam: Alfred Molina as Johan Tetzel.

* StrawLoser: Most characters who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic Church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Luther bases his arguments on references to the Bible. (In counter-arguments to things other people say, he also quote a lot of other sources, making him a cool scholar.)
* ActionizedSequel: Well, actionized remake. As discussed [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2004/11/luther-luther-luther.html here]] the film is more fast-paced and visually dynamic than previous films about Martin Luther, with scenes like an opening where Luther dodges lightning, boar-hunting, and peasants threatening a church.

* [[Actionized Remake ActionizedSequel]]: As discussed [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2004/11/luther-luther-luther.html here]] the film is more fast-paced and visually dynamic than previous films about Martin Luther, with scenes like an opening where Luther dodges lightning, boar-hunting, and peasants threatening a church.

* [[ActionizedRemake ActionizedSequel]]: As discussed [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2004/11/luther-luther-luther.html here]] the film is more fast-paced and visually dynamic than previous films about Martin Luther, with scenes like an opening where Luther dodges lightning, boar-hunting, and peasants threatening a church.

A 2003 Drama starring Creator/JosephFiennes in the role of Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Christianity.

* [[Actionized Remake Acionized Sequel]]: As discussed [[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/filmchat/2004/11/luther-luther-luther.html here]] the film is more fast-paced and visually dynamic than previous films about Martin Luther, with scenes like an opening where Luther dodges lightning, boar-hunting, and peasants threatening a church.

A 2003 Drama, VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory. Starring Creator/JosephFiennes in the role of Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Christianity.

* BadassPreacher:In the movie, this is Luther heroically standing with a flaming torch in his hand. Literally defending the church from a horde of evil peasants, holding them back with his words. In history, he only published writings against peasant violence.
* CorruptChurch: The Catholic church, portrayed as being all about power and money. All characters who discuss the church seem to agree on this conclusion, including those who support it anyway.
* CreepyCatholicism: ...Versus the pure and noble faith of Luther and his followers.

* ScamReligion: The Catholic Church, portrayed as being little more than a money-grabbing scheme.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Luther base his arguments on references to the bible. (In counter-arguments to things other people say, he also quote a lot of other sources, making him a cool scholar.)

* CorruptChurch: The Catholic church, portrayed as being all about power and money. All characters who discuss the church seem to agree on this conclusion, including those who supports it anyway.
* CreepyCatholicism: ...versus the pure and noble faith of Luther and his followers.
* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Joseph Fiennes as Martin Luther is much better-looking than the overweight, hideous Martin Luther from real life.

* StrawLoser: Most characters who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.

A 2003 Drama, VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory. Starring Creator/JosephFiennes in the role of the titular character Martin Luther, father of Protestant Christianity.

* StrawLoser: Most characters who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.

Portraying history from an unambiguously protestant perspective, the film gives us a version of history where all Protestants are heroic while all Catholics are either nefarious villains or at the edge of converting to Protestantism.

* AsTheGoodBookSays: Luther base his arguments on references to the bible. (In counter-arguments to things other people say, he also quote a lot of other sources, making him a cool scholar.) None of his opponents ever make any argument for why Catholicism isn't cool with taking the bible so literally or for why they consider their traditions important. Thus making themselves come across as if the difference between them and Luther would be simply that they have failed to read the Buble. They even get their final word in the movie to gush about how Luther is so much smarter than them and how he should have been their Pope.

* BadassPreacher: That part of actual history where Luther was in favor of the nobles slaughtering uppity peasants? In the movie, this is Luther heroically standing with a flaming torch in his hand. Literally defending the church from a horde of evil peasants, holding them back with his words. (And then in the next scene angsting over the nobles taking their revenge too far.)

* BlackAndWhiteMorality: In this story, Protestants are good and Catholics are bad. Sure, some catholics are bad at being bad... but that's simply because they are at the edge of converting to Protestantism.

* BookBurning: Evil, petty and futile when Catholics do it against Luther. Cool when Luther does it against Catholic decrees.

* TheFundamentalist: Just another way for Luther to be Awesome and totally justified in everything he's doing, given that this is a setting with BlackAndWhiteMorality.

* StrawLoser: Every character who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.

A 2003 Drama, VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory. Starring Joseph Fiennes in the role of the titular character Martin Luther, father of Protestant Christianity.

* CorruptChurch: The Catholic church.

§§Note: Feel free to index this page if you feel like it, but please note that the reason why I haven't indexed it myself yet is that I want to get around to add more tropes first. If you index it and have also seen the movie, please consider adding a few more tropes while yo are at it.

* StrawLoser: Every character who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.

This film contains examples of...

BlackAndWhiteMorality: In this story, Protestants are good and Catholics are bad. Sure, some catholics are bad at being bad... but that's simply because they are at the edge of converting to Protestantism.

CorruptChurch: The Catholic church.

StrawLoser: Every character who ever try to argue against Luther and his teachings. Even the highest of Catholic church officials will fail to deliver any actual argument for Catholicism, letting Luther win every discussion by default.