Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

2005

2h 35m

7.1(128 votes)

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History

Overview

The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.

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46 members

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Piotr Adamczyk

Karol Wojtyla

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Małgorzata Bela

Hanna Tuszynska

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Ken Duken

Adam Zielinski

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Hristo Shopov

Julian Kordek

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Ennio Fantastichini

Maciej Nowak

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Violante Placido

Maria Pomorska

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Matt Craven

Hans Frank

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Raoul Bova

padre Tomasz Zaleski

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Lech Mackiewicz

card. Stefan Wyszyński

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Patrycja Soliman

Wislawa

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Olgierd Łukaszewicz

Karol Wojtyła padre

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Szymon Bobrowski

capitano Macke

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Kenneth Welsh

professor Wójcik

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Mateusz Damięcki

Wiktor

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Adrian Ochalik

Jerzy Kluger

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Piotr Różański

Jan Tyranowski

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Janusz Szydłowski

Zenon Sliszko

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Radosław Pazura

Pawel Kowalski

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Grażyna Szapołowska

Brigitte Frank

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Anna Cieślak

Tesia Kluger

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Kinga Preis

madre di Józef

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Wojciech Leonowicz

Feliks

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Thomas 'Noe' Welch

Józef

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Edward Linde-Lubaszenko

vescovo polacco

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Sambor Czarnota

Józek

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Andrzej Deskur

Padre Stanislaw Dziwisz

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Izabela Olszewska

Nonna Huppert

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Anna Radwan

Magda

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Karolina Stefańska

Krystyna

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Tadeusz Bradecki

Pralat Kurowski

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Sławomir Rokita

Cardinal Felici

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Kaja Bień

Rozalia Kluger

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Jakub Bohosiewicz

Ludwik

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Maja Barełkowska

Suora

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Aleksander Fabisiak

Vecìscovo polacco

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Beata Fido

Sorella Makscencja

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Roma Gąsiorowska

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Mirosław Haniszewski

collaboratore a Wadowice

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Mariusz Jakus

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Mateusz Janicki

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Bartłomiej Kasprzykowski

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Kacper Kuszewski

Witold Brozek

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Agnieszka Mandat

Suora

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Jan Monczka

Prete

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Antonio Zavatteri

Unknown Role

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Paweł Aigner-Piotrowski

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