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Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

ALL 01/01/1984 (en) Documentary 57 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1984
  • Production
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  • Original title
    Merton: A Film Biography
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
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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.

  1. Paul Wilkes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Zina Voynow

    Editor



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  1. Alexander Scourby

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Gregory Abels

    Thomas Merton (voice)

  3. John Barber

    Self

  4. Jim Forest

    Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

  5. Robert Lax

    Self

  6. John Eudes Bamberger

    Self - Scholastic under Merton

  7. Flavian Burns

    Self - Scholastic under Merton

  8. Robert Giroux

    Self - Publisher

  9. Naomi Burton Stone

    Self

  10. James Laughlin

    Self - Publisher, New Directions

  11. Jean Jadot

    Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

  12. Ernesto Cardenal

    Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

  13. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Self - Poet

  14. W. H. Ferry

    Self

  15. Mary Luke Tobin

    Self

  16. Joan Baez

    Self

  17. Maurice Flood

    Self - Monk of Gethsemani

  18. Thích Nhất Hạnh

    Self - Buddhist Monk

  19. Rembert Weakland

    Self - Benedictine Monk

  20. Jean Leclercq

    Self - Benedictine Monk

  21. Tenzin Gyatso

    Self - The Dalai Lama

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Casts : 21 , Crews : 16

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Merton: A Film Biography (1984) 57 Min

ALL 01/01/1984 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/1984
  • Production
  • Original title Merton: A Film Biography
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Paul Wilkes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Zina Voynow

    Editor

  4. Audrey Laurine Glynn, Paul Wilkes

    Producer



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