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
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
Michael Crompton
Young Karol Wojtyla
Robert Austin
Gov. Gen. Hans Frank
Caroline Bliss
Rosa Kossack
Antony Brown
Father Zary
Alfred Burke
Karol Wojtyla Sr.
Brian Cox
Father Góra
Sam Dastor
Józef Teitelbaum
Victoria Fairbrother
Ruth Teitelbaum
John Forgeham
Officer Moljek
Derek Francis
Bishop Lec
Nigel Hawthorne
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Marne Maitland
Mountain Sacristan
Patrick Marley
Raczynski
John McEnery
Monsignor Kuczkowski
Kilian McKenna
Stefan Putrya
Lee Montague
Marshall Konev
Michael Müller
Pawel
Jonathan Newth
Archbishop Adam Sapieha
Neil Nisbet
Wiktor
Derrick O'Connor
Swiacki
Valentine Pelka
Boguslaw Banas
Ronald Pickup
Jan Tyranowski
Bruce Purchase
Jerzy Loparicz
Andrew Ray
Prof. Pigon
Vincent Riotta
Teodor Krawick
William Simons
Foreman Krauze
Natalie Slater
Hanna Jastrun
Eve Slatner
Sister Jadwiga
John Stacy
Prof. Grabowski
Patrick Stewart
Party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka
Philip Stone
Archbishop Baziak
Kevin Stoney
Bishop Dygat
Malcolm Tierney
Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski
Mario Viggiano
Franciszek
Fiona Walker
Anna Loparicz
Tim Woodward
Juliusz Kydrynski
Edwin Francis
Forest Guard (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
Cardinal (uncredited)
Paul Müller
(uncredited)
Frank Nuyen
Tom Stoncel
Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
Herbert Wise
Director
Christopher Knopf
Writer
Burt Nodella
Producer
May 1, 1987
Dec 8, 2012
Sep 18, 2013
Aug 29, 2014
Nov 2, 2007
Oct 30, 1991
Feb 21, 2020
Invalid Date
Apr 22, 2017
Jun 30, 2022
Nov 23, 1996
Jun 23, 2012
Feb 24, 2002
Feb 2, 1983
Dec 26, 2017
Dec 12, 2024
Taft Entertainment Television
United States
English