Merton: A Film Biography

7.8 1984 57 min

Documentary

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 m…

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Director: Paul Wilkes
Writer: Paul Wilkes

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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

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