Civilisation1969

Narrator:
[on Martin Luther] No doubt he was extremely impressive: the Leader for which the earnest German people is always waiting. Unfortunately for civilisation, he not only settled their doubts and gave them the courage of their convictions, he also released their latent violence and hysteria. And beyond this was another northern characteristic that was fundamentally opposed to civilisation, an earthy, animal hostility to reason and decorum. One fancies that Nordic man took a long time to emerge from the primeval forest.