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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope is a 2005 TV miniseries written and directed by Giacomo Battiato, and created as a Polish-Italian-French-German and Canadian joint cooperation project. Karol is a biography of Karol Wojtyła, later known as Pope John Paul II, beginning in 1939 when Karol was only 19 years old and ending at the Papal conclave, October 1978 that made him Pope.
Original Release
04/14/2005
US Release
08/15/2005
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Piotr Adamczyk | Karol Wojtyla |
| Malgorzata Bela | Hanna Tuszynska |
| Ken Duken | Adam Zielinski |
| Hristo Shopov | Julian Kordek |
| Ennio Fantastichini | Maciej Nowak |
| Violante Placido | Maria Pomorska |
| Matt Craven | Hans Frank |
| Olgierd Lukaszewicz | Karol Wojtyla senior - Karol's father / Karol Wojtyła padre |
| Lech Mackiewicz | Stefan Wyszynski / card. Stefan Wyszyński |
| Radoslaw Pazura | Pawel Kowalski |
Directors
Writers
Giacomo Battiato, Gianfranco Svidercoschi
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Piotr Adamczyk | Karol Wojtyla |
| Malgorzata Bela | Hanna Tuszynska |
| Ken Duken | Adam Zielinski |
| Hristo Shopov | Julian Kordek |
| Ennio Fantastichini | Maciej Nowak |
| Violante Placido | Maria Pomorska |
| Matt Craven | Hans Frank |
| Olgierd Lukaszewicz | Karol Wojtyla senior - Karol's father / Karol Wojtyła padre |
| Lech Mackiewicz | Stefan Wyszynski / card. Stefan Wyszyński |
| Radoslaw Pazura | Pawel Kowalski |
| Grazyna Szapolowska | Brigitte Frank |
| Kenneth Welsh | Professor Wójcik |
| Raoul Bova | Tomasz Zaleski / padre Tomasz Zaleski |
| Szymon Bobrowski | Captain Macke / capitano Macke |
| Mateusz Damiecki | Wiktor Milosz / Wiktor |
| Anna Cieslak | Tesia Kluger |
| Piotr Rózanski | Jan Tyranowski |
| Kinga Preis | Józef's Mother / madre di Józef |
| Patrycja Soliman | Wislawa |
| Wojciech Leonowicz | Feliks |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Pietro Valsecchi | Producer |
