1968 - 'The Shoes of the Fisherman' - Movie Set

RELEASE DATE: November 14, 1968. DIRECTOR: Micheal Anderson. STUDIO: MGM. PLOT: After twenty years in a Siberian labor camp, Kiril, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lvov, is set free. The Catholic Archbishop is released and sent to Rome, where the ailing Pope 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 Chinese-Soviet feud. When the Pontiff dies, Kiril finds himself elected Pope. But the new Pope Kiril I is plagued by self-doubt, by his years in prison, and by the strange world he knows so little about. This movie contains extensive information about Catholic faith & practice, as a television news reporter steps in from time-to-time to explain the procedures involved in selecting a new Pope. PICTURED: