Luther is a 1928 German film about the life of Martin Luther, father of the Protestant Reformation.
The silent film starred Eugen Klöpfer as Luther and Theodor Loos as Philipp Melanchthon, and was written by Berlin Cathedral chaplain Bruno Doehring.
It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth, Walter Röhrig and Werner Schlichting. It premiered at the UFA-Palast am Zoo.
Cast
Eugen Klöpfer as Martin Luther
Rudolf Lettinger as Luther's father
Elsa Wagner as Luther's mother
Livio Pavanelli as Luther's friend Alexius
Arthur Kraußneck as Staupitz
Karl Platen as Brother Franziskus
Theodor Loos as Melanchthon
Hermann Vallentin as Karlstadt
Karl Elzer as Friedrich the Wise
Werner Schott as Johann the Steadfast
Ferdinand von Alten as Miltitz
Bruno Kastner as Ulrich von Hutten
Leopold von Ledebur as Sickingen
Ernst Rückert as Imperial Herald Caspar Sturm
Georg Schmieter as Georg von Frundsberg
Max Maximilian as Hans Sachs
Max Grünberg as Albrecht Dürer
Jakob Tiedtke as Tetzel
Hans Wassmann as Robber Baron
Alexander Murski as the printer Hans Lufft
Heinz Salfner as Palace Captain Berlepsch
Hans Carl Müller as Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Max Schreck as Aleander
Georg John as Cripple (disabled man)