Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History The Wartime Popes (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 41 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History

The Wartime Popes (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 41 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

An examination of the pope who bore witness to the Nazi party's rise and the actions of the Catholic Church during one of the most tumultuous times in modern history.

Writers

Randy Counsman | Bruce Hall

Producers

Bruce Hall (producer) | Clare O'Donohue (producer) | Veronica Stickelman (producer)

Composer

Nick Murray (main title composer)

Cinematographers

Leland Krane (opening sequence) | Dane Lawing

Casting Director

Melanie Forchetti

Production Designer

Jon Chaifetz

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 8, 2018

Release date

Apr 8, 2018 (United States)

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24 cast members

Name	Known for
Kyle Blumenthal Courier Courier See fewer	Pray for Me (2024)
Suzanne Brown-Fleming Self Self See fewer	Syndrome K (2019)
Gregory Cole Josef Muller Josef Muller See fewer	Sonny (2009)
Paul Dake Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI See fewer	Maple Ave (2003)
Eamon Duffy Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Meet the Ancestors (1998)
Fascist Italian Fascist Italian Fascist See fewer	Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Pope Francis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Francesco (2020)
Ginger Fries German Woman German Woman See fewer	Lady in the Lake (2024)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Diarmaid MacCulloch Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	A History of Christianity (2009)
Dennis P. Marburger German Emmisary German Emmisary See fewer	Imaginary Friends (II) (2022)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Liam Neeson Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Kinsey (2004)
Sean Patrowich Italian Fascist (1940s) reenactment Italian Fascist (1940s) reenactment See fewer	Wasted Lives: Chapter II (2013)
Pope Pius XI Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Il santo padre ti parla! (1935)
Pope Pius XII Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Embezzled Heaven (1958)
Nick Raffaele Dachau Inmate Dachau Inmate See fewer	Perseverance (2026)
Mark Riebling Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Pope: The Most Powerful Man in History (2018)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Ronald Rychlak Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	Disinformation (2013)
David Sheridan Dacchau German prison guard Dacchau German prison guard See fewer	Creed II (2018)
Dillon Sibilla Boniface Killer Boniface Killer See fewer	Hemingway Lost (2024)
Joshua Spudeno Italian Fascist (as Joshua Peirce) Italian Fascist (as Joshua Peirce) See fewer	Secret Within the Sphere (2024)
Robert Ventresca Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	The Mystery of San Nicandro (2012)