The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Michael Anderson |
| Producer(s) | |
| Top Genres | Drama |
| Top Topics | Cold War |
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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)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: George W. Davis, Edward Carfagno | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Alex North | Nominated |
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Kiril Lakota:
The only thing necessary to the Church is the Spirit of God.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: I took you to pieces like a watch. And put you together again. It was a very intimate experience. I have never been able to forget it. May I ask you a question?
Kiril Lakota: You never hesitated before.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: [laughs] That is true.
[Holds up a file]
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: This is you. Political prisoner 103592R, Kiril Pavlovich Lakota. All of you is here, from the day you were born until now. Except for the answer to one question. What have you learned in twenty years of confinement?
Kiril Lakota: That is a big question, Piotr Ilyich.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: The answer is important to me, you know.
Kiril Lakota: What I have learned? I have learned that without some kind of loving a man withers like a grape on a dying vine.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: Is that all?
Kiril Lakota: [Chuckles] I am trying to learn more.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: Have you learned enough to face freedom?
Kiril Lakota: [Long Pause] I have been free for a long time. Not entirely, perhaps. But you have not answered my question. Why have you brought me here?
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: I want to show you a world gone mad.
George Faber: The bell tolls. The Pope is dead. Listen to the bell.
[Crossed himself. Cut to multiple shots of mourners in the streets of Rome]
George Faber: This is the death knell that rings... only for the pontiff. Listen - there is a second bell. Soon they will be joined by other bells all over the city, all over every city, all over the world. The Pope is dead.
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Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: I took you to pieces like a watch. And put you together again. It was a very intimate experience. I have never been able to forget it. May I ask you a question?
Kiril Lakota: You never hesitated before.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: [laughs] That is true.
[Holds up a file]
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: This is you. Political prisoner 103592R, Kiril Pavlovich Lakota. All of you is here, from the day you were born until now. Except for the answer to one question. What have you learned in twenty years of confinement?
Kiril Lakota: That is a big question, Piotr Ilyich.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: The answer is important to me, you know.
Kiril Lakota: What I have learned? I have learned that without some kind of loving a man withers like a grape on a dying vine.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: Is that all?
Kiril Lakota: [Chuckles] I am trying to learn more.
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: Have you learned enough to face freedom?
Kiril Lakota: [Long Pause] I have been free for a long time. Not entirely, perhaps. But you have not answered my question. Why have you brought me here?
Piotr Ilyich Kamenev: I want to show you a world gone mad.
George Faber: The bell tolls. The Pope is dead. Listen to the bell.
[Crossed himself. Cut to multiple shots of mourners in the streets of Rome]
George Faber: This is the death knell that rings... only for the pontiff. Listen - there is a second bell. Soon they will be joined by other bells all over the city, all over every city, all over the world. The Pope is dead.
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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.
Despite being listed in the main credits of the film George Pravda is nowhere to be seen.
Although it is never mentioned or indicated at any point in the film, the story is actually set 20 years in the future.
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Despite being listed in the main credits of the film George Pravda is nowhere to be seen.
Although it is never mentioned or indicated at any point in the film, the story is actually set 20 years in the future.
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