THE SHOES OF THE FISHERMAN - 1968
RATED - G
RATINGS - 52 Amazon (4.5/5), 800 IMBD (6.6/10), 10,050 Netflix (3.7/5)
STARRING - Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Kern, David Janssen
THEME - Cold war, papacy, faith.
AWARDS - Two Academy Award nominations & two Golden Globe awards.
STORY - The story begins with Ukranian Archbishop Lakota (Quinn) being released after being a political prisoner for 20 years in a Siberian prison camp. He is sent to Rome to be an adviser to the Vatican on Russian & Eastern European affairs. The pope dies unexpectedly and they must go through the process of selecting a new one. Who will be the new Pope? Who can best lead the church through this perilous time known as the 'Cold War'? Once the Pope is elected a nuclear crisis of potential world wide proportions breaks out and can the person who walks in the steps of the fisherman from Galilee rise to the occasion? The scenes from Rome are actually in the Vatican and give you a real feeling of being there as it happens. Fascinating look at the inner workings of the Roman Catholic church and how much political influence it has in the world. Lu G. for Lu's Reviews 11/30/2007.
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