Aug 15, 2005
155 min
Full-HD

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope (2005)

The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.

Category

Drama History

Country

Poland Italy

Companies

TAO Film

Piotr Adamczyk

Karol Wojtyla

Małgorzata Bela

Hanna Tuszynska

Ken Duken

Adam Zielinski

Hristo Shopov

Julian Kordek

Ennio Fantastichini

Maciej Nowak

Violante Placido

Maria Pomorska

Matt Craven

Hans Frank

Raoul Bova

padre Tomasz Zaleski

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