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Merton: A Film Biography

1984 · 57m · Documentary

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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Paul Wilkes

Released

January 1, 1984

Runtime

57m

Genres

Documentary

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.8 / 10 from 5 votes