
Episode 1 S01E01
On September 1, 1939, the Germans invade Poland. At that time, many years after the death of his mother and several years after the death of his elder brother, a young Karol Wojtyla makes his home in Krakow with his ailing father. Karol had been studying at the university and, though it is dangerous and forbidden under Nazi occupation, he continues with actor friends to put on plays as a means of preserving and saluting their Polish culture.
Series Cast

Jon Voight
Pope John Paul II / Karol Wojtyla

Cary Elwes
Young Karol Wojtyla

James Cromwell
Cardinal Adam Sapieha

Ben Gazzara
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli

Christopher Lee
Kardinal Stefan Wyszyński

Giuliano Gemma
Dr. Joaquín Navarro-Valls

Daniele Pecci
Roman

Vittoria Belvedere
Eva

Wenanty Nosul
Don Stanisław Dziwisz

Ettore Bassi
Gapa

Valéria Cavalli
Teresa

Chiara Conti
Anna

Mikołaj Grabowski
Card. Joseph Ratzinger

Krzysztof Pieczyński
Czerny

Andy Luotto
Homeless person