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From a Far Country (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 140 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Krzysztof Zanussi
- Starring
- Sam Neill, Kathleen Byron, Daniel Olbrychski, Marek Kondrat, Jerzy Stuhr, Simon Dutton
The film chronicles the life of Karol Wojtyła, a gifted Polish student whose talents are noticed by Archbishop Sapieha, prompting him to pursue the priesthood. He studies in Italy, France and Belgium, then returns to a repressive post‑Stalinist Poland where he becomes a thorn in the communist regime. Ultimately he ascends to the papacy as Pope John Paul II, leading the worldwide Catholic Church.
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