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Title: Not quite five stars...
Review: Historically accurate and shot on location, this is an interesting film. Decidedly so. It even portrays some of Luther's very personal battles with Satan, which surprised me. But the movie suffers where most religious films suffer, it only gives a superficial treatment of Luther's beliefs. The movie is historical moments which hint at the underlying theology only. Having been so bold as to depict Luther striving against the devil during his early years and during his trial at Worms, the film leaves out his greatest fight with the prince of darkness which came as he was translating the Bible into common German. This is the famous fight that ended with Luther throwing an inkwell across the room into the apparition of Satan to dispel it. This omission of Luther's most overt battle with evil and the glossing over of Luther's ideas render this otherwise excellent film a less than perfect, four star effort. Still worth seeing though.
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