The Shoes of the Fisherman

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.

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.

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.

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.

International intrigue follows the election of the first Russian pope in The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968), starring Anthony Quinn.