Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.
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Anthony Quinn as Kiril Lakota
Oskar Werner as Fr. David Telemond
David Janssen as George Faber
Vittorio De Sica as Cardinal Rinaldi
Laurence Olivier as Piotr Ilyich Kamenev
Leo McKern as Cardinal Leone
John Gielgud as The Elder Pope
Barbara Jefford as Dr. Ruth Faber
Rosemary Dexter as Chiara
Frank Finlay as Igor Bounin
Burt Kwouk as Peng
Arnoldo Foà as Gelasio
Paul Rogers as Augustinian
Clive Revill as Vucovich
Niall MacGinnis as Capuchin Monk
Isa Miranda as The Marchesa
Gerald Harper as Brian
Leopoldo Trieste as Dying Man's Friend
George Pravda as Gorshenin
Peter Copley as English Cardinal #1
Arthur Howard as English Cardinal #2
Marne Maitland as Cardinal Rahamani
Jean Rougeul as Dominican
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