The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)

Kiril Lakota: [the Soviet representative has just informed Kiril of the conditions of his release, namely that he keep his mouth shut about conditions in the USSR] I cannot accept these conditions.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: They have been accepted for you.

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Cardinal Leone: Do you accept election?
[Kiril hesitates]
Cardinal Leone: You must answer now. Do you accept election?
Kiril Lakota: I accept. And may God have mercy on me.
Cardinal Leone: By what name will you be called?
Kiril Lakota: We choose to be called by our own name, Kiril. He was the saint that first brought the Gospels into our country.

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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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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).
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.
The coronation tiara worn by the new pope in this movie, is actually a copy of the actual coronation tiara worn by Pope Paul VI.
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