Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Critics have comically dubbed it Zorba the Pope.
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Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile
Settle back and let this old fashioned but entirely enjoyable epic (from Aussie writer Morris West's novel) take you on a journey that is in many ways every bit as relevant today as it was then
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Part of Warner's series of spiritual movies about faith, main bonus is the feature The Miracle of Our Lady Fatima; the other two movies in the collection, especially Zinnemann's The Nun's Story, are better.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
All-star cast, headed by Anthony Quinn, Olivier and Gielgud, can't help Anderson's poor transfern of Morris West's bestseller, an international political thriller about a Russian survivor of the gulag who becomes pope; best thing is Alex North's score.
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Steven D. Greydanus, Decent Films Guide
A curious, at times almost prescient anticipation of the reign of John Paul II, filtered partly through the lens of the Silly Sixties.
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Cast
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Anthony Quinnas Pope Kiril Lakota -
Laurence Olivieras Premier Kamenev -
Oskar Werneras Father David Telemond
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David Janssenas George Faber -
Vittorio De Sicaas Cardinal Rinaldi -
Leo McKernas Cardinal Leone
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