From a Far Country (1981)

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Country: Italy, Poland, UK
Genres: Biography, Drama
Release: 1981-12-20
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
Writers: Diego Fabbri , Andrzej Kijowski , Vincenzo Labella , Jan Józef Szczepanski
Language: English | Polish
Stars: Sam Neill , Christopher Cazenove , Lisa Harrow , John Welsh , Maurice Denham , Cezary Morawski , Daniel Olbrychski , Maya Komarovska , Izabella Olszewska , Andrzej Lapicki
Runtime: 140 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Da un paese lontano (Italy) , Aus einem fernen Land , O anthropos apo ti Varsovia (Greece) , Iš tolimo krašto (Lithuania) , De un país lejano (Spain) , From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II , Juan Pablo II llegó un país lejano (Peru) , From a Far Country , Lucha de gigantes (Spain) , O Homem que Veio de Longe (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Z dalekiego kraju (Poland) , From a Far Country (United States of America) , From a Far Country (United Kingdom) , Egy távoli országból - II. János Pál pápa (Hungary)
Plot: The film is a biography of Pope John Paul II. It starts in 1926 when the boy Karol Wojtyla was celebrating Christmas with his father in Poland. Thirteen years later, Nazi Germany attacks Poland, starting World War II and invades the country while Wojtyla seeks refuge at the house of Cardinal Wyszynski. Also appearing are all the other important stations of the life of the Pope, during and after World War II.
IMDB:tt0083356