Something tells me the religious epic Luther would be a very different beast had it been filmed this year instead of two years ago.

The writers, producer and director would have had Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ as a template.
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Add the handsome biopic Luther -- the story of the German monk Martin Luther who inspired the Reformation -- to the parade of religious themed movies of the new millennium.

Luther is not an entirely satisfactory film -- filmmaker Eric Till often layers in soap opera elements that are designed to manipulate and not enlighten -- but it is remarkable for its historical detail and for its layman's explanation of what would become Protestant theology in the 1500s.
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