Merton: A Film Biography

Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

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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  • Release Date: 1984-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 57min
  • Director: Paul Wilkes

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Cast

  • Alexander Scourby

    Narrator (voice)

  • Gregory Abels

    Thomas Merton (voice)

  • John Barber

    Self

  • Jim Forest

    Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

  • Robert Lax

    Self

  • John Eudes Bamberger

    Self - Scholastic under Merton

  • Flavian Burns

    Self - Scholastic under Merton

  • Robert Giroux

    Self - Publisher

  • Naomi Burton Stone

    Self

  • James Laughlin

    Self - Publisher, New Directions

  • Jean Jadot

    Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

  • Ernesto Cardenal

    Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti

    Self - Poet

  • W. H. Ferry

    Self

  • Mary Luke Tobin

    Self

  • Joan Baez

    Self

  • Maurice Flood

    Self - Monk of Gethsemani

  • Thích Nhất Hạnh

    Self - Buddhist Monk

  • Rembert Weakland

    Self - Benedictine Monk

  • Jean Leclercq

    Self - Benedictine Monk

  • Tenzin Gyatso

    Self - The Dalai Lama

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