The barbarism of atheistic communism manifested itself around the world through attacks on human dignity and human life. In 77 minutes, the film Tortured for Christ sheds light on the crimes that modern-day Satanism committed against Christians and other political prisoners. This powerful story shows what it meant, even just a few decades ago in our own country, to truly sacrifice oneself in order to follow Jesus Christ.

Richard Wurmbrand is a Lutheran Christian living in Romania. After the war, the Communist Party begins to consolidate its power in his homeland, seeking to gain complete control over the Christian churches.

These efforts are accompanied by a great deal of demagoguery. Richard decides to resist and, during a public speech, emphasizes the need to follow Christ, not the Communist Party. This draws the attention of state authorities, who begin to monitor him.

Even under these difficult conditions, Richard does not give up, and together with his wife, they carry out missionary work as best they can. They print new Bibles, proclaim the good news of the Gospel even among Soviet soldiers, and baptize converts.

As a result, he is eventually abducted by the secret police and imprisoned. There he endures horrific torture, yet he does not lose his faith or his love—even for those who hate Christians.

Drama

USA, 2018, 77 min

Crew: John Grootes;

Cast: Raluca Botez, Olimpia Malai, Vlad Radescu, Gabriel Rauta, Nicodim Ungureanu;

Parents’ Guide

The film depicts, on multiple occasions, torture involving beatings on the soles of the feet and burning with a red-hot iron, as well as repeated beatings of people. A boy is beaten and killed with an iron bar. A woman is thrown into icy water in winter.

The abduction of a person, the arrest of people, and the denial of medical care to prisoners suffering from tuberculosis.

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