Luther
(DVD) 

Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Special features: original theatrical trailer; cast interviews.

Licensed for private home use only.

Director of photography, Robert Fraisse ; editor, Clive Barrett ; music composer, Richard Harvey ; costume designer, Ulla Gothe ; production designer, Rolf Zehetbauer.

Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Jonathan Firth, Claire Cox, Sir Peter Ustinov, Bruno Ganz, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Mathieu Carrière, Benjamin Sadler.

Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love) stars as Martin Luther, the brilliant man of God whose defiant actions changed the world, in this "epic, ravishingly beautiful" (The New York Times) film that traces Luther's extraordinary and exhilarating quest for the people's liberation. Regional princes and the powerful Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip on 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refuses to back down, sparking a bloody revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core. - Container.

"Regional princes and the powerful Catholic Church wield a fast, firm and merciless grip over 16th-century Germany. But when Martin Luther issues a shocking challenge to their authority, the people declare him their new leader - and hero. Even when threatened with violent death, Luther refused to back down, sparking a bloody religious revolution that shakes the entire continent to its core." -- Back of container.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for disturbing images of violence ; Canadian Home Video Rating, PG.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

English dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Dove "Family-Approved" For All Ages