History Film / PopeJohnPaulII

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II's Soviet occupation and Cold War Communist regime and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: His first United States papal visit in 1979, Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 1993's World Youth Day in Denver, the 9-11 attacks in 2001 and summoning to Rome of American bishops in 2002 regarding the then-new Catholic sex abuse scandal.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II's Soviet occupation and Cold War Communist regime and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: His first United States papal visit in 1979, Solidarity's birth
in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 1993's World Youth Day in Denver, the 9-11 attacks in 2001 and summoning to Rome of American bishops in 2002 regarding the then-new Catholic sex abuse scandal.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II's Soviet occupation and Cold War Communist regime and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: His first United States visit as pope in 1979, Solidarity's birth

* RuleAbidingRebel: When the early 1950s Communists suddenly order Fr. Wojtyla, then a counselor to Krakow collegians, and his friends off a newly-forbidden piece of land, Karol assures them "yes, yes, we will go.” But they didn’t tell him how to leave, so they depart via canoe down the river.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II's Soviet occupation and Cold War Communist regime and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 1993's World Youth Day in Denver, the 9-11 attacks in 2001 and summoning to Rome of American bishops in 2002 regarding the then-new Catholic sex abuse scandal.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II's Soviet occupation and Cold War Communist regime and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 1993's World Youth Day in Denver and the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

* RuleAbidingRebel: When the early 1950s Communists suddenly order Fr. Wojtyla, then a counselor to Krakow collegians, and his friends off a newly-forbidden piece of land, Karol assures them "yes, yes, we will go.” But they didn’t tell him how they would leave, so they depart via canoe down the river.

** When Fr. Karol takes his friend outside the city, they refer to him as uncle, since it was forbidden for priests to preach outside of a church.

** There’s a late-WWII scene in the first part of the movie where his friend Marek sneaks up on and kills two Nazis, and Wojtyla is clearly shocked by this act.

** When his fellow laborers during WWII's early months express hope that Communist Russia will free them from the Nazis, Wojtyla says that “the Communists will never bring freedom, not for us, nor for anyone... I read their book. It's called 'The Manifesto' … They have created a religion, a religion that is based on Man as its center. For Communists, God doesn't exist. Neither does a human soul. They say they are for the workers but only if they'll give up their freedom and substitute God with the state.”

** John Paul was horrified by the violence he witnessed throughout his life i.e. in Poland under World War II's Nazis and then afterwards under post-war Soviet rule, and then as the international figure of Pope. He saw the new millennium as an opportunity for humanity to strive for peace between nations.

** Wojtyla’s secret seminary training, outlawed under World War II's Nazi occupation of Poland.

** The Polish Home Army, who fare no better under the post-WWII Soviet regime than they did under the wartime Nazis:

** John Paul was horrified by the violence he witnessed throughout his life, in Poland first under World War II Nazis and then afterwards under post-war Soviet rule, and then as the international figure of Pope. He saw the new millennium as an opportunity for humanity to strive for peace between nations.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post W.W.II's Soviet occupation and Cold War and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, 1993's World Youth Day in Denver and the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

* RuleAbidingRebel: When the early 1950s Communists suddenly forbid Fr. Wojtyla, then a counselor to Krakow collegians, and his friends from walking in a newly-forbidden land region, Karol assures them "yes, yes, we will go.” But they didn’t tell him how to leave, so they depart via canoe down the river.

* {{Utopia}}: Nowa Huta ("New Town"), the post-World War II “workers’ paradise” imagined by the Soviets. But it’s a FalseUtopia, since there is no church in its design.

-->'''pre-Pope John Paul II Wojtyla:''' "Faced with this abyss of evil, I can only respond with an abyss of love".

It stars Creator/JonVoight as Pope John Paul II, with Cary Elwes portraying younger Wojtyła in the 39 years (1939-1978) leading up to his election to the See of Rome. It premiered on 17 November in Vatican City before airing on CBS on December 4 & 7, 2005.

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* {{Utopia}}: Nowa Huta ("New Town"), the post-World War II “workers’ paradise” imagined by the Soviets. But it’s a FalseUtopia, since there is no church in its design.

[[caption-width-right:216:2005's ''Pope John Paul II'']]

''Pope John Paul II'' is a 2005 biopic distributed by CBS as a TV miniseries and directed and written by John Kent Harrison. It covers the life of the 264th Pope, Saint John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła), the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, from his childhood in Wadowice, Poland through his election to the Papacy in 1978, up to his death in the Holy See in 2005. It stars Creator/JonVoight as Pope John Paul II, with Cary Elwes portraying younger Wojtyła in the 39 years (1939-1978) leading up to his election to the See of Rome. It premiered on 17 November in Vatican City before airing on CBS on December 4 & 7, 2005.

* TurbulentPriest: John Paul II, naturally, but also Krakow's Archbishop Adam Stefan Sapieha of Krakow, who causes the new post-World War II Soviet officials in 1945 to mutter “this priest (Sapieha) has got to be removed!”

** Also the religious procession he orchestrated in the early 1960s under Soviet rule, which banned public displays of religious images. So the procession used an empty picture frame that the Black Madonna is usually placed in.

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post WWII's Soviet occupation and Cold War and brief television footages watched by him in the Vatican: Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

-->--'''Pope Saint John Paul II'''

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post WWII's Soviet occupation and Cold War and brief television footage watched by him in the Vatican: Solidarity's birth in 1980, the East-bloc Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections, 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

* {{Utopia}}: Nowa Huta ("New Town"), the post-WWII “workers’ paradise” imagined by the Soviets. But it’s a FalseUtopia, since there is no church in its design.

* TurbulentPriest: John Paul II, naturally, but also Krakow's Archbishop Adam Stefan Sapieha of Krakow, who causes the new Soviet officials in 1945 to mutter “this priest (Sapieha) has got to be removed!”

* PeriodPiece: Mostly during in flashback sequences that take place in Poland in his late 1920's and early 1930s childhood, World War II (1939-1945), post WWII's Soviet occupation and Cold War up to brief television footage watched by him in the Vatican of Solidarity's birth in 1980, the Revolutions of 1989, ex. Polish Legislative Elections, 1989, Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990 and the 9-11 attacks in 2001.

* {{Utopia}}: Nowa Huta ("New Town"), the “workers’ paradise” imagined by the Soviets. But it’s a FalseUtopia, since there is no church in its design.

''Pope John Paul II'' is a 2005 biopic distributed by CBS as a TV miniseries and directed and written by John Kent Harrison. It covers the life of the 264th Pope, Saint John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła), the first non-Italian pope in 455 years, from his childhood in Wadowice, Poland through his election to the Papacy in 1978, up to his death in the Holy See in 2005. It stars John Voight as Pope John Paul II, with Cary Elwes portraying younger Wojtyła in the 39 years (1939-1978) leading up to his election to the See of Rome. It premiered on 17 November in Vatican City before airing on CBS on December 4 & 7, 2005.

** When his fellow laborers during WWII early times express hope that Communist Russia will free them from the Nazis, Wojtyla says that “the Communists will never bring freedom, not for us, nor for anyone... I read their book. It's called 'The Manifesto' … They have created a religion, a religion that is based on Man as its center. For Communists, God doesn't exist. Neither does a human soul. They say they are for the workers but only if they'll give up their freedom and substitute God with the state.”

** There’s a WWII scene in the first part of the movie where his friend Marek sneaks up on and kills two Nazis, and Wojtyla is clearly shocked by this act.

** When his fellow laborers during WWII early times express hope that Communist Russia will free them from the Nazis, Wojtyla says that “the Communists will never bring freedom, not for us, nor for anyone... I read their book … They have created a religion, a religion that is based on Man as its center. For Communists, God doesn't exist. Neither does a human soul. They say they are for the workers but only if they'll give up their freedom and substitute God with the state.”

** When his fellow laborers during WWII express hope that Communist Russia will free them from the Nazis, Wojtyla says that “the Communists will never bring freedom, not for us, nor for anyone... I read their book … They have created a religion, a religion that is based on Man as its center. For Communists, God doesn't exist. Neither does a human soul. They say they are for the workers but only if they'll give up their freedom and substitute God with the state.”