Karol, un uomo diventato Papa (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Giacomo Battiato

Writers:

Giacomo Battiato (screenplay)
Gianfranco Svidercoschi (book)

Release Date:

15 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Plot:

The life of the pope John-Paul the II'nd, from his youth in Poland to the command of the Catholic church in Rome. |

Plot Keywords:

Pope | Catholic | Catholic Church | Church | Poland

Cast

Piotr Adamczyk	...	Karol Wojtyla
Malgorzata Bela	...	Hanna Tuszynska
Ken Duken	...	Adam Zielinski
Hristo Shopov	...	Julian Kordek
Ennio Fantastichini	...	Maciej Nowak
Violante Placido	...	Maria Pomorska
Matt Craven	...	Hans Frank
Olgierd Lukaszewicz	...	Karol Wojtyla senior - Karol's father
Lech Mackiewicz	...	Stefan Wyszynski
Radoslaw Pazura	...	Pawel Kowalski
Grazyna Szapolowska	...	Brigitte Frank
Kenneth Welsh	...	Professor Wójcik
Raoul Bova	...	Tomasz Zaleski
Szymon Bobrowski	...	Captain Macke
Mateusz Damiecki	...	Wiktor Milosz

Also Known As:

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (International: English title) (USA) (DVD title)
Karol. Czlowiek, który zostal papiezem (Poland)

Runtime:

155 min (theatrical version) | 180 min (2 parts) (TV version) | USA:240 min (including commercials) | Argentina:186 min

Country:

Poland | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | Brazil:16

Filming Locations:

Dobczyce, Poland

Company:

Taodue Film

Movie Connections:

Followed by Karol, un Papa rimasto uomo (2006) (TV)

correction to "timgui"

Obviously, "timgui," you know little--if anything--about Polish history, especially during World War II. Six million Poles (half Gentile, half Jewish) died in the Holocaust. This is because the Slavs were also on the Nazis' list. Poland had the largest--and longest enduring underground in Europe. They had the only organization--"Zegota""--created to save Jews. More Poles saved more Jews than any any other country (even though only in Poland was aiding a Jew punishable by death--often for the whole family, or the whole village--NOT a necessary law if Poland was so anti-Semitic as you would have us believe). There are thousands of stories of Poles trying to save Jews. I have heard none of Jews trying to save Poles. As a matter of fact, many Jews were responsible for the deportation (and subsequent death of half) of millions of Poles, sent to Siberia by their Soviet comrades (who were Hitler's allies at the time). And I don't know where you got your rosy view of the Communists!! Stalin killed millions more than Hitler--and mostly of HIS OWN people (in one year alone he starved 7-14 million people--mostly Ukrainians--while he was exporting food for cash)!! You have no idea how ruthless they've been. Get your facts straight before you spout off!!