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.
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
James Laughlin
as Self - Publisher, New Directions
Jean Jadot
as Self - Vatican Secretariat for Non-Christians
Ernesto Cardenal
as Self - Nicaraguan Minister of Culture; Novice under Merton
