Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther at the Wartburg

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Movie
Original title Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther at the Wartburg
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1983
length 28 minutes
Rod
Director Hanna Emuth
script Lew Hohmann ,
Hanna Emuth
production Anita Schöpke
music Hanna Emuth
camera Achim Roth
cut Monika Schäfer

Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther auf der Wartburg is a documentary film shot in the GDR from 1983, which was made for the 500th birthday of Martin Luther under the direction of Hanna Emuth .

content

Martin Luther has fallen under the spell and has to live hidden in the Wartburg for 300 days . During this time Luther conducted written dialogues with friends as well as with enemies. He also translates the New Testament from the original Greek text into German. The film shows Luther's places of work and historical documents.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 Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther on the Wartburg is the second part of this relaxed series. Otto Mellies is the film's spokesman. The specialist advice was taken over by Dr. Gerhard Brendler . The first part of the casual series is entitled A Student from Mansfeld - Martin Luther's Youth . The third part is entitled Citizen Luther - Wittenberg 1508–1546 .

Who took the time to speak - Martin Luther on the Wartburg was broadcast on September 7, 1983 at 8.45 p.m. 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), upper secondary level II 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. ↑ Dähn, Horst: Luther and the GDR. Berlin, 1996, page 100 and page 293 f.
  2. ↑ He is not mentioned in the opening credits or in the credits of the episodes, so he is unknown.
  3. ↑ 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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