Martin Luther was the title character of the 1953 film Martin Luther. He was portrayed by Niall MacGinnis. In the summer of 1505 a group of law students were invited to a party at a public house (tavern) in Erfurt by an unknown person. While at the party their host - Martin Luther - arrived and gave them his possessions as he was entering the Augustinian order. The Cardinal Aleander went to Frederick the Wise to demand that Luther be handed over to the Pope. Frederick refuses, and states that Luther will answer the charges against him at the Imperial Diet in Worms.