

22/04/1984
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.

Albert Finney
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II

Michael Crompton
as Young Karol Wojtyla

Robert Austin
as Gov. Gen. Hans Frank

Caroline Bliss
as Rosa Kossack

Antony Brown
as Father Zary

Alfred Burke
as Karol Wojtyla Sr.

Brian Cox
as Father Góra

Sam Dastor
as Józef Teitelbaum

Victoria Fairbrother
as Ruth Teitelbaum

John Forgeham
as Officer Moljek

Derek Francis
as Bishop Lec

Nigel Hawthorne
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Marne Maitland
as Mountain Sacristan

Patrick Marley
as Raczynski

John McEnery
as Monsignor Kuczkowski

Kilian McKenna
as Stefan Putrya

Lee Montague
as Marshall Konev

Michael Müller
as Pawel

Jonathan Newth
as Archbishop Adam Sapieha

Neil Nisbet
as Wiktor

Derrick O'Connor
as Swiacki

Valentine Pelka
as Boguslaw Banas

Ronald Pickup
as Jan Tyranowski

Bruce Purchase
as Jerzy Loparicz

Andrew Ray
as Prof. Pigon

Vincent Riotta
as Teodor Krawick

William Simons
as Foreman Krauze

Natalie Slater
as Hanna Jastrun

Eve Slatner
as Sister Jadwiga

John Stacy
as Prof. Grabowski

Patrick Stewart
as Party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka

Philip Stone
as Archbishop Baziak

Kevin Stoney
as Bishop Dygat

Malcolm Tierney
as Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski

Mario Viggiano
as Franciszek

Fiona Walker
as Anna Loparicz

Tim Woodward
as Juliusz Kydrynski

Edwin Francis
as Forest Guard (uncredited)

Ettore Martini
as Cardinal (uncredited)

Paul Müller
as (uncredited)

Frank Nuyen
as Cardinal (uncredited)

Tom Stoncel
as Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
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