This is an inspiring and well-made film about the great reformist, Martin Luther. His studies of scripture lead him to believe that Christ alone is the foundation for one’s spiritual life, and when he opposes the papacy he finds himself both with converts and enemies. This film was partially filmed on location in West Germany.

We see young Luther from the time he was an attorney in 1605 in Erfurt, Germany, to the time of his leadership and moving forward from the denunciation of his former association with the Catholic Church. Luther hates “indulges” and the teaching of silver purchasing souls from Purgatory.

We see him nail his beliefs including the scripture, found in Romans 1:17, “The Just Shall Live By Faith”, on the church door. This movie presents Luther as a man to be admired and emulated, a man who stuck to his belief in God’s word as being supreme to any church teaching apart from the word. We are very pleased to award our Dove Seal to this movie for ages twelve plus. The very young might find it slow moving and it includes a scene of a straw-man being burned in effigy representing Luther, but it is inspiring and a nice record of church history.