Reformation in the Movies:

*Martin Luther 1953 Dir. Irving Pichel, With Niall MacGinnis-probably better than the 1993 version with Stacey Keach as Luther, but which was produced by the American Lutheran church and makes Luther a complete hero.
*Luther 1973 Dir. Guy Green. With Stacey Keach-based on John Osborne's play of the same name, which was a theatrical version of Erik Erikson's effort at psychohistory, Young Man Luther.
*Loyola: Soldier Saint 1948, 100 mins.Dir. José Díaz Morales.The story of St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
*The Last Valley 1991, 125 minsDir. James Clavell, With Michael Cain, Omar SharifSet in 1641, the twenty-third year of the Thirty Years' War. Sharif plays Vogel, a teacher who is now a wandering beggar since his entire family was slaughtered. He encounters a group of ruthless mercenaries who are riding toward a nearby village.