Film

Merton: A Film Biography

8.0

0h 57m

1984

Synopsis

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.

Director

Paul Wilkes

Documentary

hermitmonkmysticpoetanti-nuclear activistwritercatholicradicalpacifistradical politicsmodern prophetscontroversial artist

Cast & Crew

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

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