From a Far Country

From a Far Country
1981DramaHistory140 mins
★★★★★

Plot

This heroic story follows the life of Karol Wojtyla, a Polish Roman catholic who ascends the throne of St. Peter as Pope John Paul II. As a young boy, Karol is a bright and talented student. Archbishop Sapieha ... read more

  • Krzysztof Zanussi

    Director

  • Diego Fabbri

    Story

  • Andrzej Kijowski

    Writer

  • Jan Józef Szczepański

    Writer

  • Vincenzo Labella

    Writer

  • Krzysztof Zanussi

    Writer

  • Slawomir Idziak

    Director of Photography

  • Waldemar Król

    Editor

  • Antony Gibbs

    Editor

  • Paolo Fabbri

    Editor

  • Sam Neill

    Marian

  • Christopher Cazenove

    Tadek Sobański

  • Lisa Harrow

    Wanda

  • John Welsh

    Priest

  • Maurice Denham

    Sapieha

  • Cezary Morawski

    Karol Wojtyła

  • Daniel Olbrychski

    Captain

  • Maja Komorowska

    Nun

  • Izabela Olszewska

  • Andrzej Łapicki

    German Officer

  • Zbigniew Zapasiewicz

    Mieczysław Kotlarczyk

  • Piotr Fronczewski

    Palitsch

  • Maciej Robakiewicz

  • Tadeusz Bradecki

  • Marek Kondrat

    Policeman

  • Jerzy Stuhr

    Engineer

  • Jerzy Zelnik

  • Jerzy Nowak

    Professor

  • Liliana Głąbczyńska

    Nun

  • Anna Milewska

  • Janusz Gajos

  • Andrzej Hudziak

  • Warren Clarke

    Władek

  • Jonathan Blake

    Jozef

  • Kathleen Byron

    Tadek's Mother

  • John Franklyn-Robbins

    Curate

  • Carol Gillies

    Wladek's Wife

  • Philip Latham

    Chaplain

  • Emma Relph

    Magda

  • Susan Dutton

    Activist

  • Rupert Frazer

    1st Security Officer

  • Michael Jayston

    Narrator (voice)

  • Georgine Anderson

    Woman

  • Kazimierz Borowiec

    Wladek's Father (Christ in the Passion)

  • Simon Dutton

    Assistant

  • Anne Dyson

    Wladek's Mother

  • Kazimierz Kursa

    Father Kolbe

  • Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

    Priest from Warsaw

  • Matthew Long

    Official

  • Martin Milman

    • Runtime

    140 minutes

    Released

    1981-09-15

    Languages

    English

    Polski

    Countries

    Italy

    Poland

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    Trans World Film

    ITC Entertainment

    Sound

  • Wojciech Kilar

    Music

    • Updated

    19 days ago

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