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.
Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II
Albert Finney
Young Karol Wojtyla
Michael Crompton
Gov. Gen. Hans Frank
Robert Austin
Rosa Kossack
Caroline Bliss
Father Zary
Antony Brown
Karol Wojtyla Sr.
Alfred Burke
Father Góra
Brian Cox
Józef Teitelbaum
Sam Dastor
Ruth Teitelbaum
Victoria Fairbrother
Officer Moljek
John Forgeham
Bishop Lec
Derek Francis
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
Nigel Hawthorne
Mountain Sacristan
Marne Maitland
Raczynski
Patrick Marley
Monsignor Kuczkowski
John McEnery
Stefan Putrya
Kilian McKenna
Marshall Konev
Lee Montague
Pawel
Michael Müller
Archbishop Adam Sapieha
Jonathan Newth
Wiktor
Neil Nisbet
Swiacki
Derrick O'Connor
Boguslaw Banas
Valentine Pelka
Jan Tyranowski
Ronald Pickup
Jerzy Loparicz
Bruce Purchase
Prof. Pigon
Andrew Ray
Teodor Krawick
Vincent Riotta
Foreman Krauze
William Simons
Hanna Jastrun
Natalie Slater
Sister Jadwiga
Eve Slatner
Prof. Grabowski
John Stacy
Party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka
Patrick Stewart
Archbishop Baziak
Philip Stone
Bishop Dygat
Kevin Stoney
Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski
Malcolm Tierney
Franciszek
Mario Viggiano
Anna Loparicz
Fiona Walker
Juliusz Kydrynski
Tim Woodward
Forest Guard (uncredited)
Edwin Francis
Cardinal (uncredited)
Ettore Martini
(uncredited)
Paul Müller
Cardinal (uncredited)
Frank Nuyen
Boy in Crowd (uncredited)
Tom Stoncel