Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II
- Thomas Kretschmann: John Paul II
- Bruno Ganz: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- Sebastian Knapp: Ali Agca
- Jasper Harris: The 10 -year-old Wojytla
- Survila Ignas: The 12 -year-old Wojtyla
- Ignatavicius Paulius: Edmund Wojtyla
- Petar Goranov: Karol's father
- Salauskaite Inga: Emilia Wojtyla
- Michael Klesic: Stanislaw Starowieyski
- Richard Rees: Wojciech Jaruzelski
- Charles Kay: Paul VI.
- John Albasiny: Stanisław Dziwisz
- Roland Oliver: Archbishop Adam Stefan Sapieha
- Joaquim de Almeida: Archbishop Óscar Romero
- Sabrina Javor: Ginka
The film you not be afraid! - The Life of Pope John Paul II told in biographical form the life story of the late 2005 head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II.
Action
The plot of the film starts with the visit of the Pope in Jerusalem, a stop on his 91st trip abroad, which was held between the 20th and 26th March 2000.
At the Wailing Wall, he asks forgiveness for the sins of the church before he retires alone into the Holy Sepulcher. Here he remembers in prayer to the stations of his life.
At a young age he lost his mother and his beloved brother Edmund. He had to watch as his beloved home country, Poland was annexed by the Nazis. However, his life was always the love of Jesus of Nazareth and the Virgin Mary.
It can be ordained a priest, is archbishop of Krakow and begin the fight against communism and oppression. On October 16, 1978 Karol Wojtyla, the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, who is now Pope John Paul II called.
The " Polish Pope " wrote with his second-longest pontificate in history even history. He survived the assassination attempt of Ali Agca, can bring through his influence communism to collapse, and leads the Church into the 21st century.
On April 2, 2005 Pope John Paul II dies
Background
With respect to the faithful the film produced by ABC takes the issue very differently than is expected of juveniles or the church critically confronting people. Here there is no attempt to recite the Scriptures permanent, but centralizes the love of a man for his faith. Instead of making a two-parter, so imagine the events in the life of the Pope detail, are decades such as the 1990s skipped within a few seconds.
The film was shot in Lithuania and partly on location in Rome. As Benedict XVI. already the BBC has allowed to be allowed to rotate for her portrayal of the life of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican, had for this movie scenes that take place in the Vatican, are only hinted at, and be mixed with original recordings.
The German Original Air Date was held on ATVplus on 1 March 2006.
Goof
Cardinal Wyszynski mentioned to Karol Wojtyla, the day of his election as Pope, that the " German Cardinal " Franz König will support him in the conclave. However, Cardinal König was an Austrian.