
Bio-drama tracing the life and career of Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla from his days as a young activist in Poland to his rise and installation in 1978 as Pope of the Catholic world.

as Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II

as Young Karol Wojtyla

as Gov. Gen. Hans Frank

as Rosa Kossack

as Father Zary

as Karol Wojtyla Sr.

as Father Góra

as Józef Teitelbaum

as Ruth Teitelbaum

as Officer Moljek

as Bishop Lec

as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

as Mountain Sacristan

as Raczynski

as Monsignor Kuczkowski

as Stefan Putrya

as Marshall Konev

as Pawel

as Archbishop Adam Sapieha

as Wiktor

as Swiacki

as Boguslaw Banas

as Jan Tyranowski

as Jerzy Loparicz

as Prof. Pigon

as Teodor Krawick

as Foreman Krauze

as Hanna Jastrun

as Sister Jadwiga

as Prof. Grabowski

as Party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka

as Archbishop Baziak

as Bishop Dygat

as Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski

as Franciszek

as Anna Loparicz

as Juliusz Kydrynski

as Forest Guard (uncredited)

as Cardinal (uncredited)

as (uncredited)

as Cardinal (uncredited)

as Boy in Crowd (uncredited)