Merton: A Film Biography (1984)

Merton: A Film Biography

1984

Documentary

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.

Credits

Director

Paul Wilkes

Cast

Alexander Scourby as Narrator (voice)

Flavian Burns as Self - Scholastic under Merton

Gregory Abels as Thomas Merton (voice)

James Laughlin as Self - Publisher, New Directions

Jim Forest as Self - Int. Fellowship of Reconciliation

John Barber as Self

John Eudes Bamberger as Self - Scholastic under Merton

Naomi Burton Stone as Self