From a Far Country

Year: 1981

Runtime: 140 mins

Language: English

Director: Krzysztof Zanussi

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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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