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The Bible
2013
The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and earned him the reputation of an international fighter for freedom.
Episode 1Dec 4, 2005On 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.
Episode 2Dec 7, 2005Karol 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.
The life of the remarkable man who passed away after an extraordinary 26 year reign, and whose papal odyssey encompassed more than 120 countries and earned him the reputation of an international fighter for freedom.
Jon VoightPope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
Cary ElwesYoung Karol Wojtyla
James CromwellCardinal Adam Sapieha
Ben GazzaraKardinal Agostino Casaroli
Christopher LeeKardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Giuliano GemmaDr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Daniele PecciRoman
Vittoria BelvedereEva
Wenanty NosulDon Stanisław Dziwisz
Ettore BassiGapa
Valéria CavalliTeresa
Mikołaj GrabowskiCard. Joseph Ratzinger
Krzysztof PieczyńskiCzerny
Fabrizio BucciKrysztof Zachuta
Andy LuottoHomeless person
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