Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

1984-01-01 57 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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 is Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Gregory Abels is Thomas Merton (voice)
Thomas Merton (voice)
John Barber is Self
Self
Jim Forest is Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation
Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation
Robert Lax is Self
Self
John Eudes Bamberger is Self - Scholastic under Merton
Self - Scholastic under Merton
Flavian Burns is Self - Scholastic under Merton
Self - Scholastic under Merton
Robert Giroux is Self - Publisher
Self - Publisher
Naomi Burton Stone is Self
Self
James Laughlin is Self - Publisher, New Directions
Self - Publisher, New Directions
Jean Jadot is Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians
Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians
Ernesto Cardenal is Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton
Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

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