Pope John Paul II (TV miniseries)
- Jon Voight: Pope John Paul II
- Cary Elwes: The young Karol Wojtyła
- Ben Gazzara: Cardinal Agostino Casaroli
- Christopher Lee: Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- Vittoria Belvedere: Eva
- James Cromwell: Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha
- Daniele Pecci: A Novel
- Ettore Bassi: Gapa
- Chiara Conti: Anna
- Valeria Cavalli: Teresa
- Marcin Kuzminski: Mikal
- Giulietta Revel: Halina
- Robert Gonera: Tadeusz
- Krzysztof Pieczynski: Czerny
- Christopher Good: Cardinal Franz König
- Fabrizio Bucci: Krzysztof Zachuta
- Giuliano Gemma: Dr. Joaquín Navarro -Valls
- Wenanty Nosul: Stanisław Dziwisz
- January Niklas: The young Dziwisz
- Harald Posch: Hans Frank
- Mikolaj Grabowski: Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
- Jacek Lenartowicz: Lech Wałęsa
- Massimiliano Ubaldi: Mehmet Ali Agca
- Andrzej Blumenfeld: Edward Gierek
- Giacomo Piperno: Cardinal Felici
- Paolo Paolini: Cardinal Jean -Marie Villot
- Nicola Pistoia: Maximilien Cardinal de Furstenberg
- Giulio Base: Pope Paul VI.
- Zygmunt Jozetczak: Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak
- Michele Gammino Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
- Ewa Zytkiewicz Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko
- Fabrizio Jovine: Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov
The film Pope John Paul II is the first film project about the head of the Roman Catholic Church, which was built after his death in 2005.
Action
The action continues on May 13, 1981, as St. Peter's Square the right-wing extremist Mehmet Ali Agca an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II committed.
In the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, the 61 -year-old Pope can pass his life in review. Early on, his love showed to the priesthood - but also wanted to be an actor Karol Wojtyła.
In 1939, when the Nazis occupied Krakow, Governor General Hans Frank Cardinal Sapieha prohibits the ordination of priests and the celebration of religious services. Nevertheless, Karol can operate his studies in secret, although he has to work for the occupiers in a quarry. Secret, he also works for the resistance - but rejects any violence.
After 1945, the Germans were defeated by the Soviet soldiers, begins the era of communism in Poland.
Karol was ordained as a priest and begin the fight against intolerance. At the same time he is passionately one for religious freedom. So he founded against the will of the Communists a Christian community in the city of Nowa Huta, workers.
With the help of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski is Karol Archbishop of Krakow, and ranks second Vatican council in part.
Wyszynski and the influential Austrian Cardinal König it can finally reach that Karol Wojtyla is elected pope in 1978 - and now John Paul II calls.
27 years pontificate lay before him, in which the Polish Pope visited his native Poland, the Solidarity trade union support, and thus has share of the fall of communism.
But even with internal church issues - including child abuse by U.S. priests and the view of the Church towards women - Pope John Paul II has to deal.
On 2 April 2005, he dies.
Background
The film, which was created with the help of the Vatican and of the reigning pope, Benedict XVI. , On location in Rome and Poland depicts, in detail and at length each relevant event in the life of John Paul II
Jon Voight, who is actually a second choice for the lead role was (Ian Holm was originally supposed to receive the part ), even has a certain visual resemblance to his historical model.
The German Original Air Date was held at the ORF on 22 March 2006.
Awards
Nominated for
- Young Artist Award: Best Family Film
- Emmy: Best Lead Actor in a Miniseries: Jon Voight