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The Shoes Of The Fisherman

1968, Movie, G, 162 mins

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Morris West wrote the screenplay but was so disappointed by the results that he asked that his name be deleted from that credit, while keeping his novel's source credit onscreen. Casting Quinn in the lead as the man who became the leader of the Church occasioned some laughter among wags who dubbed this movie "Zorba, the Pope." Quinn is a Russian Catholic (not Russian Orthodox) priest who has been a political prisoner in a Siberian hard labor camp for 20 years. Olivier is the... read more leave a comment
Year: 1968
Rated G

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Cast
Anthony Quinn: Kiril Lakota
Laurence Olivier: Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Oskar Werner: Father David Telemond
David Janssen: George Faber
Vittorio De Sica: Cardinal Rinaldi
Leo McKern: Cardinal Leone

 

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