The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968 | 2h 42m | Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

After 20 years in a Soviet labor camp, a Catholic archbishop is set free during the height of the Cold War. He travels to Rome and is made a Cardinal, before the Pope's sudden death thrusts him into the papacy.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Michael Anderson

CAST

Anthony Quinn

Laurence Olivier

Oskar Werner

David Janssen

Vittorio De Sica

Leo McKern

John Gielgud

Barbara Jefford

Rosemarie Dexter

Frank Finlay

PRODUCERS

George Englund

WRITERS

John Patrick

James Kennaway

Morris West

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Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) Prisoner Number 103592R
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Impressive Cold War epic qualities in the opening by director Michael Anderson, Siberia and the work camp where we discover the protagonist Anthony Quinn, who will become the first Russian pope, in The Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968, from Australian novelist Morris L. West's book.
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Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) I Saw The World
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Colorful Vatican envoy Telemond (Oskar Werner) is escorting Russian archbishop Lakota (Anthony Quinn), freed from Siberia, to Rome, where American reporter Faber (David Janssen), delayed by a girlfriend (Rosemarie Dexter), has been promised an exclusive, in The Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968.
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Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) Long Way From The Lubyanka
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It becomes clear that Archbishop Lakota (Anthony Quinn), just extracted from a Siberian labor camp, and the Soviet premier (Laurence Olivier, his first scene) have a history, early in the Cold War-Vatican intrigue thriller The Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968.
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Shoes Of The Fisherman, The (1968) -- (Movie Ciip) God Has Given Him Back
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The attending cardinals are Leo McKern and Vittorio De Sica, as Russian Archbishop Lakota (Anthony Quinn), just freed from a Siberian labor camp, is received by the (nameless) sitting pope (John Gielgud), in Shoes Of The Fisherman, 1968.
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Shoes of the Fisherman, The - (Original Trailer)
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International intrigue follows the election of the first Russian pope in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), starring Anthony Quinn.

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