Rating:
6/10 by 10 users
Episode 1
On September 1, 1939, the Germans invade Poland. At that time, many years after the death of his mother and several years after the death of his elder brother, a young Karol Wojtyla makes his home in Krakow with his ailing father. Karol had been studying at the university and, though it is dangerous and forbidden under Nazi occupation, he continues with actor friends to put on plays as a means of preserving and saluting their Polish culture.
Writing:
- John Kent Harrison
Release Date:
Sun, Dec 04, 2005
Country: US
Language: En | Es | Fr
Runtime: 100
Country: US
Language: En | Es | Fr
Runtime: 100
Jon Voight
Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
Cary Elwes
Young Karol Wojtyla
James Cromwell
Cardinal Adam Sapieha
Ben Gazzara
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
Christopher Lee
Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Giuliano Gemma
Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Daniele Pecci
Roman
Wenanty Nosul
Don Stanisław Dziwisz
Ettore Bassi
Gapa
Valéria Cavalli
Teresa
Chiara Conti
Anna
Giulietta Revel
Halina
Mikołaj Grabowski
Card. Joseph Ratzinger
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Czerny
Fabrizio Bucci
Krysztof Zachuta
Andy Luotto
Homeless person
Harald Posch
Hans Frank
Season 1:
On September 1, 1939, the Germans invade Poland. At that time, many years after the death of his mother and several years after the death of his elder brother, a young Karol Wojtyla makes his home in Krakow with his ailing father. Karol had been studying at the university and, though it is dangerous and forbidden under Nazi occupation, he continues with actor friends to put on plays as a means of preserving and saluting their Polish culture.
Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II on October 16, 1978. As is the custom, the new pope speaks to the crowd in St. Peter's Square and is met by overwhelming enthusiasm. But not all are happy with the selection, especially members of the Communist Party in Poland and the Soviet Union who blame Jimmy Carter's Polish advisor for the selection.
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