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The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) was a Drama Film directed by Michael Anderson .

Academy Awards 1968 --- Ceremony Number 41 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: George W. Davis, Edward CarfagnoNominated
Best Music - ScoringAlex NorthNominated
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Kiril Lakota: The only thing necessary to the Church is the Spirit of God.


Kiril Lakota: For many, faith is a place one crawls to for safety.


George Faber: Were you permitted to practice your ministry as a priest?
Kiril Lakota: No, I - I practiced it without permission among my fellow prisoners.
George Faber: Do you see any hope then for the day when Christian faith, or more specifically the Roman Catholic faith, may be practiced freely in Marxist countries?
Kiril Lakota: I have no inside information as to how the Kingdom of God is going to be established.


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Reference is made to Kiril being the first non-Italian pope to be elected since Adrian VI 400 years earlier. In real life, this happened 10 years after this film was released with the election of Pope John Paul II.
After the arrival at the airport in Rome and inside the terminal, the speaker announces the arrival of Scandinavian Airlines flight SK681 from Moscow and Copenhagen. SK681 still operates from Copenhagen in 2011, leaving at 11:15 and arriving at 13:50.
The plane shown on arrival at the airport in Rome is a DC 8-33, named "Rurik Viking", registration SE-DBA, that was operated by Scandinavian Airlines from May 1960 until April 1970.
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