From a Far Country.From a Far Country (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , 1981). Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi's film about his countryman Karol Wojtyla traces the life of Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła from his pre-war childhood through his seminary studies and youthful resistance to fascism and on to his pastoral labors as a priest and archbishop of Krakow, focusing on his service to the church and struggles against communism. Albert Finney also turned in an interesting performance as Karol Wojtyla in director Herbert Wise's 1984 television film, Pope John Paul II (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. ). Both docudramas offer appreciative and informative tales about the formation and rise of the Archbishop of Krakow and John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. . *** |
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