Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2005): Cast & Plot

The documentary traces the remarkable journey of Karol Wojtyła, a modest Polish priest who once derided the Catholic hierarchy as “a circus” and called the Pope a “prisoner of the Vatican.” After surviving the loss of his family, personal hardship and the Nazi occupation of Poland, he rose through the Church, eventually becoming Pope John Paul II. His papacy left a global legacy—uniting believers, confronting the sexual‑abuse crisis, surviving an assassination attempt, and advocating inter‑faith dialogue—until his death from Parkinson’s disease in April 2005.

• JB Director Jeff Bleckner

• CK Charles Kay as Pope Paul VI
• Thomas Kretschmann as Pope John Paul II
• JH Jasper Harris as Young Karol Wojtyla
• PI Paulius Ignatavičius as Edmund

• Away and Back 2015
• Remember Sunday 2013
• Loving Leah 2009
• The Russell Girl 2008

Spoilers ahead

• Timeline of events

Also known as

• Jan Paweł II: Nie lękajcie się
• Jan Pawel II: Nie lekajcie sie
• Jan Pawel II - Nie lekajcie sie
• Have No Fear - The Life of Pope John Paul II
• Non abbiate paura. La vita di Giovanni Paolo II
• Non abbiate paura - La vita di Giovanni Paolo II
• Fürchtet euch nicht! Das Leben Papst Johannes Pauls II.
• Félelem nélkül: II. János Pál
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