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Merton: A Film Biography

(1984)

Documentary

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0hrs 57m

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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Alexander Scourby as Narrator (voice)

Alexander Scourby

** Narrator (voice)

Gregory Abels as Thomas Merton (voice)

Gregory Abels

** Thomas Merton (voice)

John Barber as Self

John Barber

** Self

Jim Forest as Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

Jim Forest

** Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

Robert Lax as Self

Robert Lax

** Self

John Eudes Bamberger as Self - Scholastic under Merton

John Eudes Bamberger

** Self - Scholastic under Merton

Flavian Burns as Self - Scholastic under Merton

Flavian Burns

** Self - Scholastic under Merton

Robert Giroux as Self - Publisher

Robert Giroux

** Self - Publisher

Naomi Burton Stone as Self

Naomi Burton Stone

** Self

James Laughlin as Self - Publisher, New Directions

James Laughlin

** Self - Publisher, New Directions

Jean Jadot as Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

Jean Jadot

** Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians

Ernesto Cardenal as Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

Ernesto Cardenal

** Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton

Lawrence Ferlinghetti as Self - Poet

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

** Self - Poet

W. H. Ferry as Self

W. H. Ferry

** Self

Mary Luke Tobin as Self

Mary Luke Tobin

** Self

Joan Baez as Self

Joan Baez

** Self

Maurice Flood as Self - Monk of Gethsemani

Maurice Flood

** Self - Monk of Gethsemani

Thích Nhất Hạnh as Self - Buddhist Monk

Thích Nhất Hạnh

** Self - Buddhist Monk

Rembert Weakland as Self - Benedictine Monk

Rembert Weakland

** Self - Benedictine Monk

Jean Leclercq as Self - Benedictine Monk

Jean Leclercq

** Self - Benedictine Monk

Tenzin Gyatso as Self - The Dalai Lama

Tenzin Gyatso

** Self - The Dalai Lama

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