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    Pope Joan (1972)

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    According to a legend of the ninth century, a nun called Joan disguised herself as a monk to escape the ravishing attentions of the Saxon marauders. She hung on to her mannish habits, was elected Pope and presided over her flock with compassion and intelligence.

    Her deception was discovered when walking in the streets of Rome, she gave birth to a baby. The angry crowd tore Joan limb from limb.

    In Pope Joan, producer Kurt Unger and director Michael Anderson took obvious care not to offend the Vatican by a sensational treatment of the tall tale of lust and Church intrigue.

    Liv Ullmann is splendid and dignified as Joan, but far more believable are Maximilian Schell as her jolly monk boyfriend; Franco Nero as a crafty emperor detecting the girl-Pope’s sex, and Trevor Howard as the very ripe and muscular pope who Joan succeeds.

    The film was made at Bray Studios in the UK.

    Pope Joan
    Liv Ullmann
    Joan’s Father
    Jeremy Kemp
    Joan’s Mother
    Natasa Nicolescu
    Joan as a child
    Sharon Winter
    Lord of Manor
    Richard Bebb
    Richard
    Peter Arne
    Elder monk
    Patrick Magee
    Young monk
    Nigel Havers
    Cecilia
    Lesley-Anne Down
    Sister Nunciata
    Susan Macready
    Sister Louise
    Shelagh Wilcocks
    Mother Superior
    Olivia de Havilland
    Emperor Louis
    André Morell
    Lothair
    Martin Benson
    Louis
    Franco Nero
    Prince Charles
    Kurt Christian
    Father Adrian
    Maximilian Schell
    Dr Corwin
    Robert Beatty
    Alma
    Katherine Schofield
    Pope Leo IV
    Trevor Howard
    Father James
    John Shrapnel
    Friar Timothy
    Richard Pearson
    Cardinal Anastasius
    Terrence Hardiman
    Cardinal Jerome
    John Byron
    Count Brisini
    Derek Farr
    Dr Stevens
    Keir Dullea

    Director
    Michael Anderson

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