Have No Fear: The Life of Pope John Paul II (2006)

The eventful life of a humble Polish priest who once decried the pomp of the Catholic Church "a circus" and labeled the Pope a "prisoner of the Vatican" before ascending to the papal throne to usher Catholicism into the 21st century. Born in Poland and forced to carry on following the untimely death of his family, Karol Wojtyla endured both personal hardships and the rape of his homeland by the Third Reich to spread the word of God through the Catholic Church. Later, as Pope John Paul II, Wojtyla was beloved by millions of Catholics worldwide. From the sexual-abuse scandal that shook the American Catholic Church in the later-20th century to the murder of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero and the near-fatal assassination attempt made on his own life, Pope John Paul II endured to bridge the gap between various faiths until his death resulting from Parkinson's disease in April of 2005.
- Released
- 2006-02-24
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jeff Bleckner
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 from 9 votes
Cast
- Thomas Kretschmann as Pope John Paul II
- Bruno Ganz as Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski
- Joaquim de Almeida as Archbishop Oscar Romero
- John Albasiny as Father Stanislaw Dziwisz
- Charles Kay as Pope Paul VI
- Sabrina Jàvor as Ginka
- Jasper Harris as Young Karol Wojtyla
- Peter Goranov as Karol's Father
- Roland Oliver as Archbishop Adam Sapieha
- Richard Rees as General Wojciech Jaruzelski
- Michael Klesic as Stanislaw Starowleyski
- David Barras as Party Official