Citizen Luther - Wittenberg 1508–1546

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Movie
Original title Citizen Luther - Wittenberg 1508–1546
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1983
length 45 minutes
Rod
Director Lew Hohmann
script Lew Hohmann
production Heinz Kuhnert
music Günther Fischer
camera Christian Lehmann
cut Eleanor Burke

Citizens Luther - Wittenberg 1508-1546 is in the GDR turned documentary from 1983, the 500th birthday of Martin Luther , directed by Lew Hohmann was born.

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The Luther film deals with Luther's work in Wittenberg, which begins in 1508. In 1546 Luther died in his birth town Eisleben , but was transferred to Wittenberg , where he was buried. The film shows Luther's places of work and historical documents.

background

For Martin Luther's 500th birthday in 1983, DEFA produced a trilogy of documentary films about the life of Martin Luther on behalf of East German television in 1981 . The film Bürger Luther - Wittenberg 1508–1546 represents the third part of this casual series. Kurt Böwe and Klaus Piontek are the speakers for the film. The specialist advice was taken over by Dr. Gerhard Brendler . The first part of the series is entitled A Student from Mansfeld - Martin Luther's Youth . The second part is entitled Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther at the Wartburg .

The film Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther on the Wartburg was shown in the cinema in contrast to the other parts of the series. The cinema premiere took place on April 1, 1983. On September 4, 1983 at 8:45 p.m. the film was broadcast on DDR-DFF II .

The FWU had the three films reworked and severely shortened. In 1991 she published this newly created four-part version as a series of lessons on the life of Martin Luther on VHS video cassettes. Like the original version, the four-part series was not given a series title. The individual titles in the series are: Student Luther from Mansfeld , The Beginning of the Reformation in Wittenberg , Martin Luther on the Wartburg and Citizen Luther in Wittenberg . Each part has a playing time of approximately 15 minutes. In contrast to the original version, the four-part version has only one speaker for the comments. On the cover of the video cassette, the lower secondary level (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium as well as the integrated comprehensive school from the 7th school year), the upper secondary level and further education are named as addressees. An accompanying text is attached to the individual video cassettes, in which learning objectives and further information for teachers can be found.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Horst Dähn: Luther and the GDR . Berlin 1996, page 100 and page 293 f.
  2. ↑ See Horst Dähn: Luther and the GDR . Berlin 1996, page 100 f.
  3. ↑ His name is not mentioned in the opening credits or in the credits of the episodes.
  4. ↑ On the said four covers of the video cassettes it is also written: "An FSK approval note is not required for this video production ."

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