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Director: John Kent Harrison
Cast: Jon Voight Cary Elwes James Cromwell Ben Gazzara Christopher Lee
Genre: Biography
Premiere: December 4, 2005
Running time: 127 min
Country: Italy Poland USA
Status: Ended

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 December 4 and 7, 2005. It was first released in Vatican City on November 17, 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.

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Pope John Paul II is a series (2005) from Italy, Poland and USA. Genre: biography. Directed by John Kent Harrison. Starring Jon Voight, Cary Elwes, James Cromwell, Ben Gazzara and Christopher Lee.

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