The Shoes of the Fisherman
4,157
Drama
After twenty years in a Siberian labor camp, Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov, is set free by USSR president Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Laurence Olivier). The Catholic Archbishop is released and sent to Rome, where the ailing Pope (John Gielgud) makes him a Cardinal. The world is in a state of crisis - a famine in China is exacerbated by United States restrictions on Chinese trade and the ongoing ... [+]
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"Occasionally awkward script structure and dialog, and overall sluggish pacing do not substantially blunt the impact of the basic story, as interpreted by an excellent international cast." | ||||
"Unless you have read the novel by Morris West on which the film is based, the first two hours are unintelligible." |
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