From a Far Country

Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi
1981    2h 20mDrama, History,
5.4
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.

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Cast of From a Far Country

  • Sam NeillMarian
  • Christopher CazenoveTadek Sobański
  • Lisa HarrowWanda
  • John WelshPriest
  • Maurice DenhamSapieha
  • Cezary MorawskiKarol Wojtyła
  • Daniel OlbrychskiCaptain
  • Maja KomorowskaNun
  • Izabela Olszewska
  • Andrzej ŁapickiGerman Officer
  • Zbigniew ZapasiewiczMieczysław Kotlarczyk
  • Piotr FronczewskiPalitsch
  • Maciej Robakiewicz
  • Tadeusz Bradecki
  • Marek KondratPoliceman
  • Jerzy StuhrEngineer
  • Jerzy Zelnik
  • Jerzy NowakProfessor
  • Liliana KomorowskaNun
  • Anna Milewska
  • Janusz Gajos
  • Andrzej Hudziak
  • Warren ClarkeWładek
  • Jonathan BlakeJozef
  • Kathleen ByronTadek's Mother
  • John Franklyn-RobbinsCurate
  • Carol GilliesWladek's Wife
  • Philip LathamChaplain
  • Emma RelphMagda
  • Susan DuttonActivist
  • Rupert Frazer1st Security Officer
  • Michael JaystonNarrator (voice)
  • Georgine AndersonWoman
  • Kazimierz BorowiecWladek's Father (Christ in the Passion)
  • Simon DuttonAssistant
  • Anne DysonWladek's Mother
  • Kazimierz KursaFather Kolbe
  • Edward Linde-LubaszenkoPriest from Warsaw
  • Matthew LongOfficial
  • Martin Milman
  • Timothy MorandOperator
  • Geoffrey RussellCurate
  • Andrew SeearStefan
  • Philip TrewinnardInvestigating Official
  • Andrzej ŻarneckiKarol Wojtyla's Father
  • Małgorzata ZajączkowskaNun (uncredited)
  • Krzysztof ZanussiDirector / Writer
  • Andrzej KijowskiWriter
  • Vincenzo LabellaWriter / Producer
  • Jan Józef SzczepańskiWriter
  • Giacomo PezzaliProducer

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