Drama /

Score: 68.0%( 81 votes )

Overview: Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn
Kiril Lakota

Oskar Werner
Fr. David Telemond

David Janssen
George Faber

Vittorio De Sica
Cardinal Rinaldi

Laurence Olivier
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

Leo McKern
Cardinal Leone

John Gielgud
The Elder Pope

Barbara Jefford
Dr. Ruth Faber

Rosemary Dexter
Chiara

Frank Finlay
Igor Bounin

Burt Kwouk
Peng

Arnoldo Foà
Gelasio

Paul Rogers
Augustinian

Clive Revill
Vucovich

Niall MacGinnis
Capuchin Monk

Isa Miranda
The Marchesa

Gerald Harper
Brian

Leopoldo Trieste
Dying Man's Friend

George Pravda
Gorshenin

Peter Copley
English Cardinal #1

Arthur Howard
English Cardinal #2

Marne Maitland
Cardinal Rahamani

Jean Rougeul
Dominican