Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.
Albert Finney
as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
Michael Crompton
as Young Karol Wojtyla
Robert Austin
as Gov. Gen. Hans Frank
Caroline Bliss
as Rosa Kossack
Antony Brown
as Father Zary
Alfred Burke
as Karol Wojtyla Sr.
Brian Cox
as Father Góra
Sam Dastor
as Józef Teitelbaum
Victoria Fairbrother
as Ruth Teitelbaum
John Forgeham
as Officer Moljek
Derek Francis
as Bishop Lec
Nigel Hawthorne
as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski