Karol Woityla is a boy of eighteen on the threshold of life as an actor, writer and poet when he sees his world shattered with the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. This saga follows his decision to become a priest and his struggles under the Nazi regime and later under communism including the journey that would eventually led him to Rome and the Papacy.

DIRECTOR: Giacomo Battiato
Co-Production:  Taddue Films and Capri Films Inc.
KEY CAST: Piotr Adamczyk, Raul Bova, Hristo Shopov Ennio Fantastichini, Malgorzata Bela, Matt Craven, Violante Placido, Olgierd, Lukaszewicz, Leslie Ann Hope, Kenneth Welsh