- HD 1080
- Runtime: 162m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Michael Anderson
- Stars: Anthony Quinn, Laurence Olivier, Oskar Werner, David Janssen, Vittorio De Sica
- keywords: china, based on novel or book, philosophy, vatican, pope, soviet union, famine, catholic, threat, catholic church, catholicism, roman catholic, cardinal, roman catholic church
- Production_studio: Cinecittà Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Slogan: In a last desperate effort to prevent World War III, a secret meeting is arranged. One man is called upon to succeed where all the world leaders have failed. That man was once a prisoner in a Russian labor camp. He is now the Pope.
- The The Shoes of the Fisherman is featured in the top rankings of 1968
- #51 in Top Drama Movies of 1968
- #16 in Top Thriller Movies of 1968
All eyes focus on the Vatican, watching for the traditional puffs of white smoke that signal the election of the next Pope. This time much more is at stake. The new pontiff may be the only person who can bring peace to a world on the brink of nuclear nightmare.
