Giovanni Paolo II. DVD SET 2005 II. János Pál - A béke pápája (Pope John Paul II) / Directed by John Kent Harrison / Starring: Jon Voight, Cary Elwes, Ben Gazzara, Christopher Lee / Parts 1 & 2

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REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 5.1, Italian 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, Italian

Total Runtime: 120 + 120 minutes / 2 discs

English Summary:

Pope John Paul II is a 2005 television miniseries dramatizing the life of Pope John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) from his early adult years in Poland to his death at age 84.

The miniseries was written and directed by John Kent Harrison and aired in the United States on the CBS network on 4 and 7 December 2005. It was first released in Vatican City on 17 November 2005 and ten days later throughout Italy on Rai 1

Jon Voight portrays an older Karol Wojtyła (after his investiture as pope in 1978), while Cary Elwes portrays Wojtyła in his earlier life from 1939 to 1978. Voight was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance.

Pope John Paul II co-stars James Cromwell as Archbishop Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha, Ben Gazzara as Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, and Christopher Lee as Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński. Polish actor Mikolaj Grabowski is seen twice playing Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany, who would succeed John Paul II as Pope Benedict XVI.

Italian Summary:

Giovanni Paolo II è una miniserie televisiva del 2005.

Diretta da John Kent Harrison, la fiction racconta l'avventura umana e spirituale di Karol Wojtyła, interpretato da Jon Voight. Il formato originario è quello della miniserie composta da 2 puntate dalla durata di 100 minuti ciascuna, che vennero trasmesse in prima visione su Rai Uno il 27 e il 28 novembre 2005.

Hungarian Summary:

Karol Wojtylának - akit a "pápák pápájának", és a "leg-ek pápájának" is neveznek - azaz II. János Pál pápának izgalmas élettörténetét beszéli el az öt részes sorozat. A filmben feltárul a XX. századi történelem és egy példamutató élet számtalan fontos eseménye, a pápa lengyel ifjúkorától a több mint 120 országot behálózó pápai útjain át az utolsó napokig. John Kent Harrison alkotásából megtudhatjuk, hogyan sikerült II. János Pálnak milliónyi ember szívét megérintenie.

Cast / Personaggi / Szereplők

• Jon Voight as Pope John Paul II
• Cary Elwes as Young Karol Wojtyła
• Ben Gazzara as Agostino Cardinal Casaroli
• Christopher Lee as Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński
• Vittoria Belvedere as Ewa
• James Cromwell as Adam Stefan Cardinal Sapieha
• Daniele Pecci as Roman
• Ettore Bassi as Gapa
• Chiara Conti as Anna
• Valeria Cavalli as Teresa
• Marcin Kuźmiński as Michał
• Giulietta Revel as Halina
• Robert Gonera as Tadeusz
• Krzysztof Pieczyński as Czerny
• Christopher Good as Franz Cardinal König
• Fabrizio Bucci as Krzysztof Zachuta
• Giuliano Gemma as Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls
• Wenanty Nosul as Stanisław Dziwisz
• Jan Niklas as Young Dziwisz
• Harald Posch as Hans Frank
• Mikołaj Grabowski as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
• Jacek Lenartowicz as Lech Wałęsa
• Massimiliano Ubaldi as Mehmet Ali Ağca
• Andrzej Blumenfeld as Edward Gierek
• Giacomo Piperno as Cardinal Felici
• Paolo Paolini as Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot
• Nicola Pistoia as Maximilien Cardinal de Fürstenberg
• Giulio Base as Pope Paul VI
• Zygmunt Józefczak as Bishop Eugeniusz Baziak
• Michele Gammino as Leonid Brezhnev