From A Far Country – John Paul Ii
Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
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.
Original Title
- DA UN PAESE LONTANO
- Italy
- 1981
- 140 min.
- Italian
Cast
- Sam Neill
- Christopher Cazenove
Genre
- Drama
- Religion
Library
- new films
- all films
- Action
- Adventure
- Biographic
- Black Comedy
- Cartoons/Animation
- Comedy
- Coming of Age
- Crime
- Docufilm
- Documentary
- Drama
- Erotic
- Erotic Comedy
- Family
- Fantasy
- History
- Horror
- LGBT
- Music
- Musical
- Mystery
- Noir
- Peplum
- Post-Apocalyptic
- Religion
- Romance
- Romantic
- Sci-fi
- Thriller
- Truecrime
- TV Doc Series
- TV Series
- War
- Western / Spaghetti Western
- Young Adult
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Edgardo Pistone
The American Backyard
Pupi Avati
What If My Father
Solange Tonnini
The Bitter Taste
Guido Tölke
My Killer Buddy
Gianluca Santoni
Another Summer Holiday
Paolo Virzì