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Mood:
- Tense
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Plot:
- ClergyFighting the SystemObsessive QuestPoliticsHuman SpiritRebelliousnessRevolutionReligions or Cults more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- AsiaChinaEuropeRomePrison
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Praise:
- Original
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Style:
- Epic
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Shoes of the Fisherman, 1968
English, Latin
USA
Profile of The Shoes of the Fisherman
The Shoes of the Fisherman can be described as tense. The plot revolves around a revolution, the clergy, and rebelliousness. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, The Shoes of the Fisherman is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Shoes of the Fisherman is set, at least in part, in a prison. It is located in Rome and China. It takes place in the 1960s. The Shoes of the Fisherman is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being original.
Summary of The Shoes of the Fisherman
After spending decades in a Siberian Gulag labor camp, Roman Catholic priest Kiril Lakota (Anthony Quinn) is set free by Russian leader Piotr Ilyich Kamenev (Sir Laurence Olivier) at the height of the Cold War, when Russia and China are locked in a tense conflict. Following the death of the pope (Sir John Gielgud), Lakota ends up on the global stage when he is chosen as the successor to the position. As the pope, the humble Lakota becomes a compassionate advocate for ending world hunger and poverty.
Details
| Language: | English, Latin |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 14 November 1968 |
| Runtime: | 162 min |
Cast and Crew
as Kiril Lakota
as Cardinal Leone
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