History Film / TheShoesOfTheFisherman

* FailedFutureForecast: Averted. By the time the film was set to take place (the late 1980s) the College of Cardinals had already elected a non-Italian from an east European country as Pope, Karol Wojtyla, in 1978 as John Paul II.

* FailedFutureForecast: Averted. By the time the film was set to take place (the late 1980s) the College of Cardinals had elected a non-Italian from an eastern European country as Pope.

* ZeroApprovalGambit: Kiril decides to sell off a great deal of the church's holdings in land, buildings, and art to fund relief efforts to prevent famine in China even though he knows he risks ZeroPercentApprovalRating. However, when he announces his plans at his coronation the crowd in the square overwhelmingly approves of his plans, shouting ''Viva La Papa'' (''long live the Pope'').

* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The film has the identity of Pope Kiril not being revealed until he steps out on to the balcony of St. Peter's, and it is only then that the people realize a non-Italian has been elected. In real life, the name of the newly elected Pope is given during the announcement {''Habemus Papam'') that is given when a new Pope accepts election, prior to the new Pope appearing on the balcony.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Pretty much no one expected one Kiril Pavlovich Lakota to step out on to the balcony of St. Peter's after the ''Habaemus Papam'' announcement.

* UnexpectedSuccessor: When Pius XIII dies, no one expects the new Russian Cardinal Kiril Lakota to be elected his successor, least of all Cardinal Kiril Lakota.

* MeaningfulRename: Averted. When asked what name he would like to be known as, Kiril bucks several hundred years of tradition by ''not'' choosing a new name for himself, but instead telling his fellow Cardinals that he would continue to use his own name.[[note]]There are no rules that state that a man elected Pope is required to take a new name. Such a man is free to continue using his birth name but that has not happened in several hundred years. To date the last Pope to do so was Marcellus II, who had been elected Pope in 1555.[[/note]]

''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/MichaelAnderson based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota (Creator/AnthonyQuinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine who is set free by Soviet Premier Piotr Ilyich Kamenev ([[Creator/LaurenceOlivier Sir Laurence Olivier]]) after 20 years of imprisonment in the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]], brought to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, and named a Cardinal by the elderly [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] Pius XIII (Creator/JohnGielgud). He becomes friends with a young priest named David Telemond (Oskar Werner) After Pius XIII dies Kiril finds himself unexpectedly elected Pope by the College of Cardinals.

* MeaningfulRename: Averted. When asked what name he would like to be known as, Kiril bucks several hundred years of tradition by ''not'' choosing a new name for himself, but instead telling his fellow Cardinals that he would continue to use his own name.[[note]]There are no rules that state that a man elected Pope is required to take a new name, and such a man is free to continue using his birth name. To date the last Pope to do so was Marcellus II, who had been elected in 1555.[[/note]]
* OhCrap: Cardinal Lakota has such a moment when he realizes that the majority of his fellow Cardinals have decided to acclaim him as Pope even though he begs them not to go through with electing him Pope.

* UnexpectedSuccessor: When Pius XIII, no one expects the new Russian Cardinal Kiril Lakota to be elected his successor, least of all Cardinal Lakota.

''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/MichaelAnderson based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota (Creator/AnthonyQuinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine who is set free after 20 years of imprisonment in the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]], brought to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, and named a Cardinal by the elderly [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope]] Pius XIII. After the Pope dies Lakota finds himself unexpectedly elected Pope by the College of Cardinals.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: During the conclave, Kiril admits that he stole bread to feed a fellow prisoner, and almost killed the guard who attacked the prisoner.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Fr. Telemond, who has some unconventional ideas is censured by church officials, the stress of which exacerbates a neurological condition. The young man dies from this condition, deeply affecting both the Pope and Cardinal Leone.

''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/MichaelAnderson based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota (Creator/AnthonyQuinn), the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine who is set free after 20 years of imprisonment in the Soviet Union, brought to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, and named a Cardinal by the elderly Pope Pius XIII. After the Pope dies Lakota finds himself unexpectedly elected Pope by the College of Cardinals.

* SneakingOutAtNight: Largely unfamiliar with Rome, Pope Kiril decides to sneak out late one evening in a plain cassock to explore the city.

''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 film directed by Creator/MichaelAnderson based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine who is set free after 20 years of imprisonment in the Soviet Union, brought to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, and named a Cardinal by the elderly Pope Pius XIII. After the Pope dies Lakota finds himself unexpectedly elected Pope by the College of Cardinals.

* Confessional: After the death of the young Fr. David Telemond, Cardinal Leone and Pope Kiril hear each other's confessions. This leads to the two men becoming friends and the previously somewhat hostile Leone becoming one of Kiril's staunchest supporters when the Pope proposes some radical ideas to the College of Cardinals.

* Fish out of Water: Kiril, who is forced to adapt to a job he never expected to have.

''The Shoes of the Fisherman'' is a 1968 film CostumeDrama directed by Creator/MichaelAnderson based on the novel of the same name. It tells the story of Kiril Pavlovich Lakota, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine who is set free after 20 years of imprisonment in the Soviet Union, brought to UsefulNotes/{{Rome}}, and named a Cardinal by the elderly Pope. After the Pope dies Lakota finds himself unexpectedly elected Pope by the College of Cardinals.

* SneakingOutAtNight: Largely unfamiliar with Rome, Pope Kiril decides to sneak out late one evening in a plain cassock to explore the city.

* NextSundayAD: While the film appears to be set in the late 1960s, WordOfGod had it that the film actually took place twenty years in the future, or the late 1980s.