Father Johann von Staupitz, O.S.B. was a secondary character in the 2003 film Luther. In the early 1500s Staupitz was the abbot at the Augustinian order in Erfurt, Thuringia. During that time a young man named Martin Luther came in to the order. Luther was a highly anxious young man who dreaded God's judgement and spent much of his free time having anxiety attacks over what an angry God would do to him, along with confessing his sins to Fr. Staupitz. Staupitz tried to calm Luther by giving him a crucifix and telling Luther to pray to Jesus when he felt overwhelmed. During Luther's time at the monastary Staupitz became the father figure to Luther that he didn't otherwise have at home.