Copyright by Luther
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Copyright by Luther |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 16 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lew Hohmann |
| script | Lew Hohmann |
| production | DEFA studio for animated films |
| music | Günther Fischer |
| camera | Helmut May |
| cut | Angelika Arnold |
| occupation | |
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Copyright by Luther is a documentary film by the DEFA studio for animated films by Lew Hohmann from 1983.
action
The film begins with an attempt at an external description of Martin Luther . He has a lean body, exhausted from study and worry, so that almost all of his bones can be seen. He has a sharp and clear voice, is a cheerful and joking entertainer who always shows a happy face. 500 years later he would have become known through television, who made him popular then without the screen? The film tries to prove that the printing industry contributed to the implementation of reformist ideas.
What is a reformer? Isn't that a changer? A change breaks down into the state before, into the change itself and into the state after. One of the reasons for Luther's points of criticism was Johann Tetzel's letters of indulgence , in which the believers were to be certified against a sum of money that they would be released from the punishment of sin in purgatory . Luther formulates his protest in 95 theses that he is said to have posted on the portal of the castle church in Wittenberg . But the expected discussion about it was canceled due to lack of participation, but afterwards it was printed and distributed several thousand times. That was the beginning of the Reformation, because now they can be read by many people.
When the Bible translated into German by Martin Luther was printed, there were very few German-language books. With the development of printing, these books can be produced more cheaply. Even the farmers are able to afford these books by paying in kind. Since they cannot read, they order a reader. Martin Luther's texts in particular, including the Bible, sell quickly in large numbers. The printing companies buy the texts on the market, reproduce them without the consent of the author and put them on the market. The number of printed editions is controlled by demand, fee payments are not common. About three million copies of his writings were printed during Luther's lifetime. Despite the ban on printing his works, there are still 350 printers who circumvent this ban and thus contribute to the spread of the Reformation.
production
The film was designed as an animated film with inserted excerpts from the DEFA film Martin Luther . The premiere of the film, filmed on ORWO color under the working title Luther und die Buchdrucker , took place on October 7, 1983. On the occasion of the 6th National Festival of Documentaries and Short Films of the GDR for cinema and television from October 10th to 13th, 1983, the film was shown in Neubrandenburg . On November 21, 1983 it was shown at the International Leipzig Documentary and Short Film Week for cinema and television .
The dramaturgy was in the hands of Marion Rasche , the co-direction and design came from Klaus Schollbach and Ina Rarisch was responsible for the animation .
criticism
Horst Knietzsch writes in Neues Deutschland that the film stimulates reflection on the connections that existed between the art of printing and the dissemination of ideas from the Reformation.
Awards
- 1983: 26th Leipzig International Documentary and Short Film Week for Cinema and TV : Honored recognition by the FIPRESCI jury .
Web links
- Copyright by Luther in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Copyright by Luther at filmportal.de
- Copyright by Luther at the DEFA Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neue Zeit of October 22, 1983, p. 4
- ↑ Neue Zeit of November 17, 1983, p. 2
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, April 13, 1984, p. 4
- ↑ Neues Deutschland from November 25, 1983, p. 10