The Shoes Of The Fisherman DVD

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The shoes of the fisherman - DVD with anthony quinn, oskar werner, david janssen, vittorio de sica and Laurence Olivier a Pope contends with the prospects of nuclear world destruction in this cold-war saga of Religious faith and international politics. (anthony quinn) plays a russian Priest who has spent 20 years in a siberian labor camp. When russian and chinese relations deteriorate, russian premier kamenev (laurence olivier) releases him and he is made a cardinal. Kamenev wishes to have a representative at the Vatican in Rome for future political situations. When the Pope (john gielgud) dies, a series of events makes the russian Priest the first Pope from a Communist country. Taking the name of the Saint who spread the Gospel to russia, he becomes Pope kiril lakota. He often leaves the Vatican in disguise to mingle with the people to remain in touch with the poor and the needy. When millions of chinese face starvation, the Pope offers to sell the riches of the Church on order to feed the hungry, and he ask