Karol wojtyla movie biography

  • Is a American biopic drama television 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.
  • 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 as Pope.
  • The film/documentary is is a biography chartering the life of Karol Wojtyla.

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    Pope John Paul II

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    Pope John Paul II (film)

    American TV series or program

    Pope John Paul II is a 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]

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    This film's timeline begins with the death of Pope John Paul I on September 28, , 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 and flashes back to Wojtyła's early life, family relationships, his political involvements fighting against Nazism during World War II and against C

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    "Voight is quite extraordinary. Besides doing a spot-on impersonation of Pope John Paul's public persona, he ages most convincingly It's a heart wrenching portrayal. Pope Benedict XVI attended the world premiere screening and at the conclusion blessed the miniseries &#; the ultimate endorsement!" &#;Harry Forbes, Catholic News Service

    "Watching this film has renewed in me a sense of profound gratitude to God for having given the Church and the world a Pope of such an exalted human and spiritual nature." &#;Pope Benedict XVI

    Although shot on a lavish scale in Italy, Poland and elsewhere, 'Pope John Paul II' succeeds on intimate terms even when troops are marching or huge crowds are filling St. Peter's Square, and Elwes and Voight are largely responsible. The movie is honestly and actually about something It's the ability to instill joy in human hearts, and the film not only celebrates it but, in its finest moments, even possesses it."&#;The Washington Post