Miniseries (2005)
Release date: 2005-12-04
Director: John Kent Harrison
Screenwriters: John Kent Harrison, Francesco Contaldo, Francesco Arlanch, Salvatore Basile
Episodes (2):
1. 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.
Release date: 2005-12-04
2. Episode 2
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.
Release date: 2005-12-07
Cast
Jon Voight
as Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla
Cary Elwes
as Young Karol Wojtyla
James Cromwell
as Cardinal Adam Sapieha
Ben Gazzara
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
Christopher Lee
as Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński
Giuliano Gemma
as Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
Daniele Pecci
as Roman
Vittoria Belvedere
as Eva
Wenanty Nosul
as Don Stanisław Dziwisz
Ettore Bassi
as Gapa
Valéria Cavalli
as Teresa
Chiara Conti
as Anna
Mikołaj Grabowski
as Card. Joseph Ratzinger
Krzysztof Pieczyński
as Czerny
Andy Luotto
as Homeless person
Rest of the cast - click here to expand
Giulietta Revel - Halina, Fabrizio Bucci - Krysztof Zachuta, Harald Posch - Hans Frank
Crew - click here to expand
John Kent Harrison - Director, Saverio D'Ercole - Story Editor, Mario Ruggeri - Story Editor, Sara Melodia - Story Editor, Corrado Trionfera - Production Manager, Pier Luigi Basile - Production Design, Enrica Biscossi - Costume Design, Sergio Ercolessi - First Assistant Director, Marco Frisina - Original Music Composer, Henk van Eeghen - Editor, Alessandro Lucidi - Editor, Fabrizio Lucci - Director of Photography, Anselmo Parrinello - Line Producer, Sławomir Jóźwik - Producer, Fania Petrocchi - Delegated Producer, Tarak Ben Ammar - Associate Producer, Stephen Davis - Executive Producer, Matilde Bernabei - Executive Producer, Luca Bernabei - Producer, John Kent Harrison - Screenplay, Francesco Contaldo - Screenplay, Francesco Arlanch - Screenplay, Salvatore Basile - Screenplay, Jan Maria Michelini - Second Unit Director, Rosario Ranieri - Post Production Supervisor, Fabiola Banzi - Casting, Barbara Pastrovich - Second Assistant Director, Tracy Young - Script Supervisor, Cristiano Donzelli - Storyboard Artist, Maurizio Argentieri - Sound, Vincenzo Nardi - Boom Operator,