From a Far Country 1981
The film chronicles the life of Karol Wojtyła, a gifted Polish student whose talents are noticed by Archbishop Sapieha, prompting him to pursue the priesthood. He studies in Italy, France and Belgium, then returns to a repressive post‑Stalinist Poland where he becomes a thorn in the communist regime. Ultimately he ascends to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, leading the worldwide Catholic Church.
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Sam Neill
Marian
Kathleen Byron
Tadek's Mother
Daniel Olbrychski
Captain
Marek Kondrat
Policeman
Simon Dutton
Assistant
Michael Jayston
Narrator (voice)
John Welsh
Priest
Warren Clarke
Władek
Christopher Cazenove
Tadek Sobański
Lisa Harrow
Wanda
Philip Latham
Chaplain
Maurice Denham
Sapieha
Piotr Fronczewski
Palitsch
Jerzy Nowak
Professor
Krzysztof Zanussi
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Priest from Warsaw
Maciej Robakiewicz
Małgorzata Zajączkowska
Nun (uncredited)
Andrzej Hudziak
Cezary Morawski
Karol Wojtyła
Maja Komorowska
Nun
Janusz Gajos
Rupert Frazer
1st Security Officer
Geoffrey Russell
Curate
Timothy Morand
Operator
Liliana Komorowska
Nun
Tadeusz Bradecki
Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Mieczysław Kotlarczyk
John Franklyn-Robbins
Curate
Jonathan Blake
Jozef
Andrew Seear
Stefan
Kazimierz Borowiec
Wladek's Father (Christ in the Passion)
Jerzy Zelnik
Andrzej Żarnecki
Karol Wojtyla's Father
Matthew Long
Official
Anna Milewska
Georgine Anderson
Woman
Izabela Olszewska
Emma Relph
Magda
Andrzej Łapicki
German Officer
Carol Gillies
Wladek's Wife
Susan Dutton
Activist
Anne Dyson
Wladek's Mother
Kazimierz Kursa
Father Kolbe
Martin Milman
Philip Trewinnard
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