Overview
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
Cast
- Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota
- Oskar Werner as Fr. David Telemond
- David Janssen as George Faber
- Vittorio De Sica as Cardinal Rinaldi
- Laurence Olivier as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
- Leo McKern as Cardinal Leone
- John Gielgud as The Elder Pope
- Barbara Jefford as Dr. Ruth Faber
- Rosemary Dexter as Chiara
- Frank Finlay as Igor Bounin