Funny CG short film on Martin Luther and the Reformation | "Luther" - by Tumblehead

2017 was the anniversary for the church reformation. Martin Luther was the monk who started it all, but who was he, what drove him to do it and most importantly, what impact did it have on Europe.
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Original title - A most precise and nuanced look into the life of the man legend and visionary: Martin Luther
Director - Magnus Igland Møller
Producer - Peter Smith
Script - Rikke Bøgh, Magnus Igland Møller
Production - Tumblehead
Music - Thomas Richard Christensen
Voice-over - Peter Baker
Year - 2017
© Licensed by Miyu Distribution
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[@JPSE57]

The Wanted poster with drawn-in horns got me! :-D

[@danielcarroll3358]

His translation also started the standardization of German (such that it be). I have been in the room in which the translation was done. There was a legend that during this time Luther was tempted by the devil and he threw his ink pot at the devil, leaving a stain on the wall. For a long time tourists would scrape off a bit of the stained plaster and take it with them. And regularly the locals would reapply plaster and ink. Good for business you know. :)

[@rzella8022]

Funny story!

[@songkibaa7375]

Why isn't martin Luther black in the video?

[@jamesbizs]

Lol a legend? You say that, as if there is even a tiniest chance they it actually happened.

[@jamesbizs]

@@songkibaa7375 do you, umm, think this is Martin Luther king????

[@songkibaa7375]

@@jamesbizs yeah sorry I found out yesterday it wasn't

[@c.a.savage5689]

Well done! Hilarious animation. Great topic! Would love to see their take on the Crusades.

[@snurgumwurgum8238]

the part about this telling of martin luther's story i love the most is that not only is it an almost entirely honest retelling of histroy; It also allows the viewer the chance to decide for themselves if martin luther and his reforms were ultimately good for the church and the world or not.

[@josephinetyree1476]

ABSOLUTELY the best short...interpretation.............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Salguod2k]

Okay, this was brilliant. Well done.

[@luvdomus]

Not just beautifully designed and animated but informative, too.

[@joz6683]

This came up in my recommendations, cannot belive the quality of this, I have now subscribed. You channel should be more popular. Thanks for all you hard work.

[@vivcajas4340]

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[@kevp9601]

I Love This Animated Short Film, It Is Hilarious ! !

[@stephaniedouglasaviewfroma9596]

Awesome!

[@vrijbuiterspartei2715]

This is absolutely hilarious !! Love it !! 🤗

[@kennyhagan5781]

This is another example of why I prefer animation to live action.

[@rzella8022]

Yes it can be more precise and less tedious.

[@cameleonfleuri]

Superbly well explained! 👌❤

[@christianheron-batard39]

Merci beaucoup.

[@rondakudrna2054]

Very good!

[@kingmufasa8929]

Well done!

[@UATU.]

The animation is hilarious.

[@Quasimodo1957]

Superb!

[@deviskyukoo]

Owsome

[@Packless1]

2:55 ...in fact he was kidnapped to safe him...!

[@fosterhellendoorn4656]

Very apt. And thats from a baptist

[@johannadauria6478]

Best historical interpretation of Martin Luther ever!

[@timtravasos2742]

Great summary.

[@ivandasty277]

Wonderful!

[@bahaar2825]

Thank you for such beautiful knowledge! 😀🤗🙏🌷💕🌷💕

[@jorgevictorcordovaandrade8093]

I love what Martin Luther did because in the end he forced the church to open up to more people and touch on issues that according to them should not be touched, such as basic human rights or what was achieved in the Renaissance.

[@bigmonkey1254]

Yep. That's what Jesus told them to do in the first place. Share the Word to people of every nation, tribe, and language.

[@moscanaveia]

Funny how the protestant movement quickly reconfigured into reactionary denominations. It's almost like the lutheran and especially the calvinist reformations weren't about liberation as they're touted to be.

[@songkibaa7375]

Bro im confused i learned in school that martin luther king was black?

[@jorgevictorcordovaandrade8093]

@@songkibaa7375 jajaja There have been several Martin Luthers in history

[@songkibaa7375]

@@jorgevictorcordovaandrade8093 oh yeah

[@mystiquemage8814]

Fantastic animation, so smooth!! Couldn't tell if it was stop motion or 3D though - anyone?

[@robbykidman]

very nice. i learned a lot from a short video.

[@todddavis4274]

Moral: Polish your own life. Let the world take care of itself.

[@santoshd6613]

Exactly and for that study Advait Vedanta...

[@celticwinter]

It missed Luther kidnapping nuns from the convent and marrying one of them, and a few other hilarious Luther escapades :>

[@cybersora]

That really happened?

[@celticwinter]

@@cybersora It actually did, yes. An honest look at the person of Luther may be somewhat uncomfortable for people, which is why these things aren't talked about that much. They're true and attested though.

[@cybersora]

@@celticwinter I didn't know that, thank you for sharing. I love to explore secrets hehe

[@benivinson3693]

@@celticwinter tbf we are talking about a point in history where most people were fine with murdering their family for personal gain

[@applepie4287]

Really? Cause from what I heard the nun he ended up marrying was one he helped escape from a convent. I have never heard of him kidnapping a nun. Perhaps you are accidentally mixing it with the time he was kidnapped?

[@ben1techie]

Wow, short accurate and descriptive.

[@jeffreybenson9759]

Luther did a very important work.

[@waynekent7068]

Just wow. So educational but fun.

[@PeterTvonK]

Good animation based on a fan fiction :D

[@malyoshiro]

Whoa the style reminds me of Pink Panther :0

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool vid. Thanks for sharing.

[@alexandermelchers1497]

Great informative animation! The information density is quite high, but doesn't feel like that at all, due to the way it's presented. Well done!

[@id104335409]

Nice going, Luther!

[@petergambier]

Great stuff thanks KK. We need animation, music and art more than ever because they sometimes explain things so much better than the MSM.

[@harrymills2770]

i wonder what Luther would've said if he saw the church bearing his name become an arm of the state.

[@papajavaleri]

Who knows, the man wasn't exactly a saint if you believe some of the things that were recorded about his life (I'm not a historian so I would hardly know what was a hateful accusation by his enemies and what was his actual doing...).

[@eloletheltarsi1536]

@@papajavaleri well, he too was a man of his time, and in many ways imperfect. But God used him and he welcomed it, and persevered in the face of trial for the sake of this most meaningful calling. Just as any serious Christian today. As we charismatics like to say: "it's all under the blood".

[@marchellochiovelli7259]

Chicks dig his nose.

[@lavenderbunnie461]

✨~Earlyyyyyyy~✨

[@Wailwulf]

0:15 _"One day when (Martin) Luther is 21 years old he experiences something which will affect him for the rest of his life"_ His first beer? *I blame Steve Martin for my response...

[@ethanpham9923]

2:55 Luther is not touching the door when he knocks. I kills me.

[@serena1785]

Unfortunately in Luthur’s time most people were still illiterate. The problem lays in the fact that if you have uneducated people reading a Bible each will have his own interpretation of the writings which in essence ends in 10000s of different ways of interpretation. Each person then filters the Bible through their own lens. This throws Christian dogma into chaos. There is in essence no teaching body of the church ( magesterium). So the individual is allowed to makeup and believe what they want. Kind of like today, I am spiritual not religious. This is nothing more then stating that truth can not be known which we know is a lie. We can each have a certain passage in the Bible that speaks to us personally but this does not allow us change the basic dogmas of Christianity. So fast forward 500 years and you now have more religious denominations then you can shake a stick at all teaching something different.

[@ИванИванов-г4ъ2м]

Perfect!

[@schechter01]

Ahh, you must be Catholic

[@BindingTheYoke]

The irony of Luther becoming indignant at others "trading" for grace is that was the very thing he did with God as he "bargains" for his life in a moment of fear, lol.

[@vegastrina]

Instead of 'buying' his way in and going about life as usual, Luther offered a lifetime of service.

[@FritzSchober]

@@vegastrina So just a higher bribe.

[@tristanfaulkner6003]

The difference is that anyone can offer their lives in service to God and in the end only God decides whether the person deserves a place in heaven. That is very different from offering more money than most people possess and having the Church claim you will go to heaven.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Excellent! Instant sub. Keep up the same standard of simple eloquence and truth, and I'll stick around. I will even consider humoring you with my wit in the comments section. No topic too mundane for my piercing opinion to insinuate itself upon.

[@cephasmartin8593]

There were already nine editions of the Bible in German when Luther wrote his corrupt version.

[@fahadtamimy2620]

new sub , am Muslim but I enjoy it

[@bsanjeev9544]

Never thought of Seeing a basic Shape Animation in 3d

[@SGTGhost]

Is this Little Caesars

[@pratibha-py8wf]

how did you create this

[@composaboi]

4:01 the cathedral is cake

[@ondranekl9569]

What about Jan Hus. This phenomena is much older than you present...

[@k9builder]

It is said that when Luther called upon Saint Anne, it was immediately after watching a friend of his being struck by lightning and dying. Additionally, Luther did address of the latter issues that arose from his writings, see most specifically the Smalcald Articles.

[@freedomforever6718]

Fighting over an interpretation of an interpretation.

[@williamgarayua5878]

And it becomes extremely violent when fight is called JIHAD, an euphemism to refer to bloody Holy WAR against disbelievers and every sovereign government: TREASON. wgt

[@bazza945]

I though for a moment Stephen Fry was narrating the story. That would have been ironic.

[@RockReynolds]

Very good. I didn't know that Luther translated the New Testament into German. I remember, in my younger days, hearing, "Read the Bible! Read the bible!" But, man........., they HATE when you READ the Bible.

[@prasannasilva7754]

An Outstanding animation i have ever seen! could you please mention what is the software you used to make the 3D models?

[@west66bestx83]

Great music Where can get it ?

[@dimesonhiseyes9134]

Wow this is well done and took a very neutral stance.

[@eleanorhinton5816]

I didn't know that...

[@damonbrown5233]

I never knew Martin Luther had his nose on the side of his head. 🤔

[@xx4312]

Why no credit or the voice actor?

[@milagrosemiliaplaza9451]

Como puedo traducir en espanol?muchas gracias

[@ИванИванов-г4ъ2м]

Это один из самых великих людей в истории. No fun!

[@MrHirenP]

Oh? Then how did the Lutheran come to be?

[@bigmonkey1254]

Very well done. Personally, I find it so curious how the Bible is a sort of "self-perpetuating message". Even when people fight and war over interpretation, it's overall message is only proven in the matter. That message is how humans are not God and thus need God in order to live proper lives. Jesus warned many times about false teachers, so it really should come as no surprise that there will always be those who attempt to exploit the Bible for their own gain. That is why I think it was very good of Luther to translate it like he did. Amusingly, every "interpretation" of the Bible I've heard used for immoral purposes share the same fatal flaw. They are being used for selfish purpose and do not stand up when countered with another specific passage. I've heard too often people say that the Bible is filled with "contradictions". Now, I'm sure most people who know literature should be able to tell intentional juxtaposition when they read it!

[@stefanschleps8758]

You are wrong.

[@Mccaine99]

Song Name?😂

[@susans3411]

This is a well done short. Too bad its loaded with myths.

[@SierraThunder]

When is ANYTHING concerning the Bible told in ANYTHING but myths, misconceptions, half-truths, or outright lies ? Because the Bible was butchered, (or as they called, editing), by the Roman Catholic Church at the "Second Council Of Nicaea" in 787CE by deciding that only they had the authority & the right to decide which Gospels were included or excluded, not to mention their 'editing' of the first 9 books of the Old Testament, so much so, that Genesis itself makes little sense with all of it's omissions & it's constant contradicting of itself. I seriously doubt that were Moses brought back just to verify the Bible's validity, he wouldn't be able to make any clear sense of the Gospels that are attributed to him as the author. And it's accurate to note, that more people have been killed in religious wars of Christianity, or literally murdered by the church, or it's representatives, than for any other reason. And the King James version is even worse, as those who were translating it from Latin & French to English omitted or mistranslated it to the point that it made even less sense, and has caused even more arguments & violence due to the liberties that the monks translating it took. It's why I steer clear of both religion & the Bible when dealing with other people, though I probably know more about the Bible than most church-going Christians. because if I choose to read accurate versions of both the Old & New Testaments, then I'll pick up my copy of a fairly recent Hebrew to English copy that's on my bookshelf. I also have copies of most of the 19 omitted Gospels of the Bible, several of them having been Gospels written by women, (Gospels that the Catholic Church still deems to be heresy, as most Christian religions still wrongly demonize women in their patriarchal views). One day, before I pass on, I truly hope to both find & read an accurately restored Bible, a book that will really allow me to read the tales & the histories as they were originally meant to be read.

[@lydiacrown3578]

@@SierraThunder are you bilingual? Have you ever translated into a different language from English?

[@JannPoo]

@@SierraThunder No, that's not quite correct. You make it sound like the Roman Catholic Church decided everything in the Second Council of Nicaea, when it was actually a council that assembled various christian groups with not quite the same view. In the first place Nicaea was in what's now Turkey and at that time it was under the sphere of influence of the Orthodox Church. So what was decided back then was the result of a discussion of several groups and it is respected by both Catholics and Orthodox alike.

[@andyw3720]

@@SierraThunder hahaha. “Accurate versions”. You wouldn’t happen to have an original copy of one of the gospels would you? Of course you don’t. Nobody does. They’re all copies of copies, changed through the ages.

[@gemmaespina3347]

Even here in Philippines, our international Hero Dr. Jose Rizal are against in Catholic becoz what he see from the Catholic is wrong like (worshipping statue, baptising new born child and paying money to forgive them in sin, etc) one of this thing was written of Dr. Jose Risal from his writtens (Noli Me Tangere and Makamisa) thats why I'm not also interested in doctrinces of the Catholic Church, becoz I see them.

[@katrinaanon1038]

Luther had more than 1 trial and at the first one the church was not that concerned. I am not sure when the Bible was first translated into German, and I believe there might have been an earlier translation. Truly though Luther did bring to light some problems the church was experiencing. Luther removing parts of the Bible would have led to some more accurate comedy. After all Luther being a Catholic religious accepted the Bible in both Latin and Greek as used by the church for about 1,200 years. Luther included the Deutrocannonicals for quite awhile until he moved them to the center of his Bible and later removing them. One thing that would have made a great addition would be influence of the printing press, the Internet of its day. If Luther had to use scribes and hand copies of his Bibles his church may have never gotten off the ground. Bibles were still nothing that poor folks could afford to get, but it did put them into the hands of people of moderate means.

[@TheRVSN]

Who started those kambala people?

[@yemanbadro2838]

هل يمكن ان تجعلها مترجمة بالعربية .لاني متابعك بشغف

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

Keep them stupid and that's how you control them

[@strange_and_magnificent]

You left out tbe part where he set the precedent of church clergy marrying. He himself got married to an ex-nun and had 6 kids. But you did allude to it, so I’ll give you that.

[@wk2912]

Джон Уиклиф?

[@m.th.rf.ck.r3727]

There is no th in German.

[@ethanweiss9434]

I think you forgot the fact that he turned on peasants when the revolted against the German kings

[@IoanIoan-ip3gy]

Actually, there is one single Church, which is the Roman Catholic Church. Nothing was ”split”. :)

[@psychiatry-is-eugenics]

Martin Luther walk to Rome . this cartoon deliberately skips his first experience with the corruption in Rome . 0:07 A Most Precise ? anyone who can tell a lie like that ; must be

[@garethhanby]

It's a 4.5 minute video, obviously the "A Most Precise" was comedy.

[@HolgerJakobs]

"Luther" should not be pronounced with an English "th", but rather with a simple "t", just like "Thomas" or "Thames".

[@michaelmannucci8585]

This was great except for the ending. Not an accurate representation of what the Protestant Reformation actually was.

[@QuantumRift]

Yep, if the Pope has the power to get people out of purgatory sooner, then why doesn't he just DO IT!!!

[@elisaortega5977]

en español porfa

[@conservativecalvinist3308]

Sola Scriptura

[@Kaemea]

Don't forget the others, Sola Gratis, Sola Fides, Soli Deo Gloria.

[@conservativecalvinist3308]

@@Kaemea I havent, but thanks for the reminder!

[@Kaemea]

No worries, my friend! Confessional Lutheran lady here. 😁 Gotta love Luther!

[@conservativecalvinist3308]

@@Kaemea Luther was great. I dont agree with him on everything, but he was great nonetheless

[@ed056]

Common Protestant misconceptions abound. The bible was first printed by Catholics in 1455, 29 years before Luther was even born. Most people could not read at the time. Those that could read had full access the bible at any Catholic Church if they did not a printed version. The handwritten manuscripts were chained down as they were extremely valuable not to prevent common people from reading them. In order to justify his interpretation, Luther was forced to almost completely ignore the book of James and many other texts. Amongst other things rejected by most Protestant's as "unbiblical" Luther believed in the Saints, Sacraments, The title: "Mary, Mother of God" and a modified version of the Real Presence of Jesus. As the Protestant movements began instantly to splinter and division and chaos ensued, Luther complained: "There will be the greatest confusion. Nobody will allow himself to be led by another man’s doctrine or authority. Everybody will be his own rabbi; hence the greatest scandals." ... "There are as many sects and beliefs as there are heads. This fellow will have nothing to do with baptism; another denies the Sacrament; a third believes that there is another world between this and the Last Day. Some teach that Christ is not God; some say this, some say that. There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Spirit, and he himself a prophet". ... "How many doctors have I made through preaching and writing! Now they say, “Be off with you! Go off with you! Go to the devil!” Thus it must be. When we preach they laugh …. When we get angry and threaten them, they mock us, snap their fingers at us and laugh in their sleeves". (quoted in O’Hare, The Facts About Luther)

[@anethgonzalez398]

😂😀😎😎

[@wolflahti412]

Some 2-D character designs do not translate at all well to 3-D.

[@ramirocarvalhojunior8729]

Congratulations to the poducers! Very interesting! However, there are some facts cited that are not quite correct, unfortunately.

[@schechter01]

Such as?

[@bobwoods5017]

Even now people don't comprehend this concept of reading the bible and deciding for themselves the teachings it contains. I worked with a guy who was was so self centered and vain.. He was born again and told me he was going to bible classes. I asked if he could read? He said he wanted to know what it really said. I asked him if he knew that the bible was the first book ever printed do a man could read it and decide for himself, free of outside control?? He just can't see for himself. He was the most awful human being And spread false hoods against everyone it suit him at the time. Raising his beliefs over all who would listen.

[@mopar_dude9227]

You obviously don’t understand the purpose of Bible classes, or even a book club for that matter. Both are a forum in which you can express your thoughts on the writing and the meaning of book in question. It isn’t necessarily to tell you what the book means, or what to believe, it is to open your mind to a different point of view. Something that it appears you have no desire to do.

[@williamgarayua5878]

Dear @Bob Woods : Your approach to a book is what is suppose to be done even when one is watching news or entertainment; it requires maturity to digest The content without being brain washed or influenced. For example, video games for KIDS are properly rated for its level of VIOLENCE, even when no one is hurt now or later after playing the video game, but... Regarding religion, 1,400 years of Armies of JIHAD is not even considered enough evidence of connection between an specific "religión" and its CRIMES against Humanity. Call it JIHAD's license granted by Political Correctness, or call it The TRAITORS of Free Civilization deserving prosecution. wgt

[@douglastobor7718]

All that trouble caused by a work of fiction.☹️☹️☹️

[@AWSVids]

What can possibly make anybody so damn sure that a book written by humans is the word of God?

[@fisherking7798]

Like everything else religious: belief

[@williamgarayua5878]

📜🆚🖥️ Wait for the Next Level, a Computer Programmed by GOD, then you would believe the Book. ☝️😕 But without kiding, extremes are dangerous and some religions are camouflaged MILITARISM for political cause, but Atheism can also become fanatism leading into Brutal Persecutions against innofensive individuals, like grandma, Nuns and Monks... * There are good people with Bad religions, and BAD people with BAD religions, or something worst, call it Last Prophet idolized to death in name of a god... 💀 wgt

[@eloletheltarsi1536]

God

[@blackhole211-z7y]

No Jesus No

[@kalondon123]

I know that its nitpicking, bud Luther was inspired by Jan Hus.

[@ivanzapryanov8146]

That's not true the bible also existed in Bulgarian since 9th century.

[@markharris5107]

The "Protestant Church" - ? Seriously?

[@ujue1966]

You missed a VERY important part of the story. Luther decided to change the bible by taking many books/certain scriptures OUT of the bible so that it would fit HIS narrative. Gee, did God give Luther permission to change the word of God? NO. Did Luther know better than the Apostle who were taught by God? NO. Results, chaos amongst the people trying interpreting Luther's NEW version of the bible. Now we have over 30,000 different "Christian" churches thanks to Luther. One church in the beginning...the Roman Apostolic Catholic church, the ONLY church you can go to globally until Luther another anti-Christ Satan helper came and f*%k it all up!

[@GhostBearCommander]

Slight correction. The books Luther decided to omit were the Apocrypha, which were not originally part of Catholic Canon in the first place. Those books were added later. In a sense, Luthor only took them out because they were never part of the original scripture text under the Apostles in the first place. An understandable move, given it was closer to the source content. All that is a moot point, though. The main point of the reformation was to protest human interference with God's Salvation Plan. Namely, the Pope's design of turning the church into a money-based credit loaning agency over the soul, rather than a loving guide to heaven based on God.

[@BlindSquirrel666]

Gee. We do have a lot to be thankful for with ML.

[@ujue1966]

@@GhostBearCommander get your facts straight before commenting.

[@RedneckSith]

You mean in the way that the Catholic church decided what books to include in the bible in the first place? You know, to fit THEIR narrative? It's funny that someone who obviously belongs to one of the most morally bankrupt religious institutions the world has ever seen is calling a man who dared to question it an 'Anti-Christ'. It just shows how far Catholicism has fallen, though many protestant denominations are admittedly no better. It's why I don't go to church anymore. Tired of the obvious corruption and hypocrisy of it all.

[@ujue1966]

@@RedneckSith oh really? I hope you don't get your information from Wikipedia, KZbin or non-unauthenticated sources. Explain this then, Martin Luther in his memoirs writes how he wanted the Book of Revelation removed because it went against his Doctrine that your saved by faith alone when Revelations states saved by works. Luther did manage to have it removed along with all the other books contradicting his doctrine. Much later people went against him and put it back along with the others.

[@-18]

How lucky that Luther had a wealthy friend with a castle to hide in. Who knows the hundreds of people who did not have that luck and had to fall or die at the stake for being "heretics".

[@Esrom_music]

Ya... He did such a good job spreading skydaddy manure.