Karol a man who became pope
(DVD)

Based on the book "Stories of Karol: the unknown life of John Paul II" by Gian Franco Svidercoschi.

Bonus features: deleted scenes ; Karol Wojtyla's speech after his election to pontiff.

Story by Pietro Valescchi ; screenplay by Giacomo Battiato ; story editor, Gino Ventriglia ; costume designer, Malgorzata Zacharska ; production designer, Janusz Sosnowski ; director of photography, Gianni Mammolotti ; editing, Alessandro Heffler ; first assistant director, Roy Bava ; casting director, Anna Zaneva ; original music composed by Ennio Morricone ; production manager, Emanuele Emiliani.

Piotr Adamcyzk, Malgorzata Bela, Ken Duken, Hristo Shopov, Ennio Fantastichini, Violante Placido, Matt Craven, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Lech Mackiewicz, Radoslaw Pazura, Grazyna Szapolowska, Kenneth Welsh, Raoul Bova.

1930s' Poland. 10-year-old Karol Wojtyla has dreams, many dreams. One by one they are shattered. First, by the loss of his beloved mother and brother. Then, by the outbreak of the war and the death-fleeing human exodus which ensued. And finally, by the first signs of the Jewish persecution. These events will mark the start of Karol's long journey from worker, to poet and teacher. A journey full of encounters that eventually leads him to become a priest and finally, in 1978, to become the man we all know, a man who has marked an era, a man who has made history as Pope John Paull II.

Not rated.

DVD; anamorphic widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.

English, Spanish, Polish, Italian, with English subtitles.