Pope John Paul II (miniseries)

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Pope John Paul II
Screenplay by	Francesco Contaldo Salvatore Basile Francesco Arlanch Wesley Bishop John Kent Harrison
Story by	Francesco Contaldo
Directed by	John Kent Harrison
Starring	Jon Voight Cary Elwes James Cromwell Ben Gazzara Christopher Lee Giuliano Gemma
Composer	Marco Frisina
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Anselmo Parrinello
Producers	Luca Bernabei Fania Petrocchi Krzysztof Grabowski Slawomir Jozwik D. Marcial Cuquerella
Cinematography	Fabrizio Lucci
Editors	Henk Van Eeghen Alessandro Lucidi
Running time	200 minutes (2 parts)
Production companies	LuxVide Rai Fiction CBS Rai Trade Grupo Intereconomia Baltmedia Projektor
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	4 December (2005-12-04) – 7 December 2005 (2005-12-07)
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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.