Merton: A Film Biography

Merton: A Film Biography

1984
57m
8.0

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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.

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Cast

Alexander Scourby
Alexander Scourby

Narrator (voice)

Gregory Abels
Gregory Abels

Thomas Merton (voice)

John Barber
John Barber

Self

Jim Forest
Jim Forest

Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

Robert Lax
Robert Lax

Self

John Eudes Bamberger
John Eudes Bamberger

Self - Scholastic under Merton

Flavian Burns
Flavian Burns

Self - Scholastic under Merton

Robert Giroux
Robert Giroux

Self - Publisher

Naomi Burton Stone
Naomi Burton Stone

Self

James Laughlin
James Laughlin

Self - Publisher, New Directions

Jean Jadot
Jean Jadot

Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

Ernesto Cardenal
Ernesto Cardenal

Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

Key Crew

Paul Wilkes
Producer
Audrey Laurine Glynn
Producer
Paul Wilkes
Director
Paul Wilkes
Writer