Life of pope john paul ii movie

1984 American TV series or program

Pope John Paul II is a 1984 American biopicdramatelevision film based on the life of Karol Wojtyła, from his early days as an activist in Poland to his installation as Pope John Paul II.

Written by Christopher Knopf and directed by Herbert Wise, the film stars Albert Finney, Caroline Bliss, Brian Cox, and John Forgeham.^[1][2] The film marks both Albert Finney's American television debut^[3][4] and the first script Finney had ever turned down upon initial reading.^[5][6]

Synopsis

This film's timeline begins with the death of Pope John Paul I on September 28, 1978, and then flashes back to Karol Wojtyła as a young man growing up decades earlier in Wadowice, Poland.

The storyline then returns to pre-October 16 dates in 1978 and flashes back to Wojtyła's early life, family relationships, his political involvements fighting against Nazism during World War II a