Poster movie

Merton: A Film Biography

Documentary

Lenguage:57 min

Duration:en

Release date:Jan 1, 1984

Calificacion:8.0

Description:

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27 years he was a monk of the austere Trappist order, where he became an eloquent spiritual writer and mystic as well as an anti-war advocate and witness to peace. Merton: A Film Biography provides the first comprehensive look at this remarkable 20th century religious philosopher who wrote, in addition to his immensely popular autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain, over 60 books on some of the most pressing social issues of our time, some of which are excerpted here. Merton offers an engaging profile of a man whose presence in the world touched millions of people and whose words and thoughts continue to have a profound impact and relevance today.

Cast

Alexander Scourby
Alexander ScourbyNarrator (voice)
Gregory Abels
Gregory AbelsThomas Merton (voice)
John Barber
John BarberSelf
Jim Forest
Jim ForestSelf - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation
John Eudes Bamberger
John Eudes BambergerSelf - Scholastic under Merton
Flavian Burns
Flavian BurnsSelf - Scholastic under Merton
Robert Giroux
Robert GirouxSelf - Publisher
Naomi Burton Stone
Naomi Burton StoneSelf
James Laughlin
James LaughlinSelf - Publisher, New Directions
Jean Jadot
Jean JadotSelf - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

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