Albert Finney

Karol Wojtyla - Pope John Paul II

Caroline Bliss

Rosa Kossack

Alfred Burke

Karol Wojtyla Sr.

Brian Cox

Father Góra

Sam Dastor

Józef Teitelbaum

John Forgeham

Officer Moljek

Derek Francis

Bishop Lec

Nigel Hawthorne

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

Marne Maitland

Mountain Sacristan

John McEnery

Monsignor Kuczkowski

Lee Montague

Marshall Konev

Michael Müller

Pawel

Derrick O'Connor

Swiacki

Valentine Pelka

Boguslaw Banas

Ronald Pickup

Jan Tyranowski

Bruce Purchase

Jerzy Loparicz

Andrew Ray

Prof. Pigon

Vincent Riotta

Teodor Krawick

William Simons

Foreman Krauze

Eve Slatner

Sister Jadwiga

John Stacy

Prof. Grabowski

Patrick Stewart

Party Secretary Wladyslaw Gomulka

Philip Stone

Archbishop Baziak

Kevin Stoney

Bishop Dygat

Malcolm Tierney

Church Affairs Minister Skarzynski

Fiona Walker

Anna Loparicz

Tim Woodward

Juliusz Kydrynski

Ettore Martini

Cardinal (uncredited)

Paul Müller

(uncredited)

Frank Nuyen

Cardinal (uncredited)