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The Shoes of the Fisherman

Year:

1968

Duration:

162 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Michael Anderson

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1968-11-14

Filming Locations: Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Cast

Actor

Character

David Janssen

The Shoes of the Fisherman

Anthony Quinn

Kiril Lakota

Laurence Olivier

Piotr Ilyich Kamenev

Oskar Werner

Fr. David Telemond

Vittorio De Sica

Cardinal Rinaldi

Leo McKern

Cardinal Leone

John Gielgud

The Elder Pope

Barbara Jefford

Dr. Ruth Faber

Rosemary Dexter

Chiara (as Rosemarie Dexter)

Frank Finlay

Igor Bounin

Burt Kwouk

Peng

Arnoldo Foà

Gelasio (as Arnoldo Foa')

Paul Rogers

Augustinian

George Pravda

Gorshenin (credit only)

Clive Revill

Vucovich

Niall MacGinnis

Capuchin Monk

Marne Maitland

Cardinal Rahamani

Isa Miranda

The Marchesa

Gerald Harper

Brian

Leopoldo Trieste

Dying Man's Friend

Peter Copley

English Cardinal

Arthur Howard

English Cardinal

Jean Rougeul

Dominican

John Frederick

American Cardinal (uncredited)

Åke Lindman

Soldier Releasing Lakota (uncredited)

Dom Moor

Polish Cardinal (uncredited)

Alfred Thomas

African Cardinal (uncredited)

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Trivia

Despite being listed in the main credits of the film, George Pravda only has a brief exchange with Laurence Olivier, as one of the Russian Premier's advisers. However, his distinctive voice has been dubbed.

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Alex North reused the opening fanfare he wrote for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) but which had been rejected by Stanley Kubrick, as one of the main themes in his score.

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In the scene where Pope Kiril prays over the body of the Jewish man, he recites the Shema. However, rather than say "Adonai", he says, "Hashem." This is because "Adonai" is traditionally only said when one is actually at prayer, and not simply reciting a prayer in a secular context, as in during a performance (specifically, in a movie).

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Goofs

Kiril Lakota is often identified as a Russian, when in fact he is an Ukrainian, a different ethnic group. During the Cold War, Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. Westerners - especially Americans - typically referred to the Soviet Union as "Russia" and did not distinguish between various ethnic groups within the Soviet Union, referring to all of them as "Russians."

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Quotes

Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: Every day we ask ourselves what can we do about it before the nightmare turns itself into a mushroom cloud blotting out the sun.

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Dying Man's Friend: The dying is easy. It is the living that defeats us.

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Dr. Ruth Faber: I am unreasonably jealous because jealousy makes me unreasonable.

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