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The Shoes of the Fisherman

“From political prisoner to Pope.”

1968 · 2 h 42 min
Directed by Michael Anderson
Drama

Cast

Cast not recorded here

Plot

A Ukrainian archbishop freed from a Soviet gulag is elected pope in a Cold War crisis.

Sinekatalog’s take

Michael Anderson's drama, with Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier and Oskar Werner, is long and earnest, but timely.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (4,711 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.