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)