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Pope John Paul II (film)
1984 American TV series or program
Pope John Paul II is a 1984 American biopicdramatelevision film based on the life of Karol Wojtyła, from his early days as an activist in Poland to his installation as Pope John Paul II. Written by Christopher Knopf and directed by Herbert Wise, the film stars Albert Finney, Caroline Bliss, Brian Cox, and John Forgeham.[1][2] The film marks both Albert Finney's American television debut[3][4] and the first script Finney had ever turned down upon initial reading.[5][6]
Synopsis
[edit]This film's timeline begins with the death of Pope John Paul I on September 28, 1978, and then flashes back to Karol Wojtyła as a young man growing up decades earlier in Wadowice, Poland. The storyline then returns to pre-October 16 dates in 1978 and flashes back to Wojtyła's early life, family relationships, his political involvements fighting against Nazism during World Wa
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Witness to Hope: The Life of Karol Wojtyla, Pope John Paul II (2002)
Based on George Weigel’s definitive 1000-plus page biography, Judith Dwan Hallet’s richly textured, feature-length treatment stands alone in its insight into John Paul II’s inner life, his thought and his spirituality. Speaking of other biographers, the Holy Father once commented, “They try to understand me from outside. But I can only be understood from inside.” No biographer understands the Pope from within like Weigel.
Most documentaries mention that Wojtyla’s mentor Jan Tyranowski introduced him to St. John of the Cross. Only Witness to Hope offers any glimpse into what St. John’s Carmelite mysticism was all about or what its significance for Wojtyla might have been.
Most mention Wojtyla’s involvement in his ungdom in an underground cultural resistance movement during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Witness to Hope goes further, relating Wojtyl
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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
2005 Miniseries
| Karol: A Man Who Became Pope | |
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| Based on | Stories of Karol: The Unknown Life of John Paul II by Gianfranco Svidercoschi |
| Screenplay by | Giacomo Battiato |
| Directed by | Giacomo Battiato |
| Starring | Piotr Adamczyk Małgosia Bela Raoul Bova |
| Composer | Ennio Morricone |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original languages | English Italian Latin Polish Spanish |
| Executive producer | Camilla Nesbitt |
| Producer | Pietro Valsecchi |
| Cinematography | Gianni Mammolotti |
| Editor | Alessandro Heffler |
| Production companies | Taodue Film Reti Televisive Italiane Capri Film |
| Network | Canale 5 |
| Release | 18 April 2005 (2005-04-18) |
Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (Polish: Karol - Człowiek, który został Papieżem, Italian: Karol, un uomo diventato Papa) is a 2005 TV miniseries written and directed by Giacomo Battiato.[1][2] It was created as a Polish-Italian-French-Ger