Summary

REFORMATION: AGE OF REVOLT

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Title: REFORMATION: AGE OF REVOLT
File Number: EBC-238 Beta SP
Color: Color
Type: Educational
Year: 1973
Description: Color 1973 Educational film about European history, specifically the Protestant Reformation, sparked by Martin Luther against the perceived corruption of the Catholic hierarchy. Consists largely of still pictures, with several sequences in which actors, representing medieval historical figures (Pope Hadrian VI, Johann Tetzel, Martin Luther, Erasmus), address the CAM these are kind of campy, especially the righteous Luther, an angry monk with a silly bowl-cut hairdo. With Roy Cooper, Addison Powell, Niel Fitzgerald, Thayer David, William Robertson, Charles Richetelle, Gene Gross, and Jeff David narrated by James Mason directed by Paul Asselin. 01:11:04:00 Color 1973 ms ws VS Church, in Wittenburg, Germany [apparently the church where Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door] also at 1:11:50, 1:22:42, and 1:28:45. 01:13:10:00 Color 1973 ms INT stone church, CU feet of crucifixion statue of Jesus, PAN across stone wall. 01:18:10:00 Color 1973 ms Church INT: Bible on table, ZO ornate altar or pulpit Church INT with medieval paintings. 01:19:45:00 Color 1973 cu CU flames, generic. 01:20:36:00 Color 1973 ws Medieval battle scenes, historical recreation of peasant revolt: Peasants running through forest, carrying clubs mob of peasants attack noblemen on horseback they fight with sticks, swords and muskets. Continues at 1:24:00, men on horses attack peasant village huts set on fire. 01:27:26:00 Color 1973 vs Historical recreation, medieval witch-burning grainy, stylized footage, brief
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