About this title: Premiering on American television on December 29, 1981, From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II was originally an Italian/British coproduction, made in cooperation with Film Polski. Actually, we see very little of the Pope -- in fact, John Paul II (played by Cezary Morawski) is not yet in his papal robes when we first meet him as a Polish youth of the 1930s named Karol Wojtyla. Director Krzysztof Zanussi adopts a liquid style that is part Ashes and Diamonds, part Citizen Kane. The maturation of Karol during the Nazi occupation is for the most part relayed through the reminiscences of his ...
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Format: VHS
Studio: bwe video
Date: July 29, 2003
UPC:745751029732
Description: Sam Neill, Christopher Cazenove, Lisa Harrow, Warren Clarke, Maurice Denham. Very good in very good packaging. Language: Polish. Run time: 140 mins. Originally released: 1981. ex-rental, in good condition. fast delivery is our promice to you. read more
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