Pope Joan

Name: Pope Joan
Director: Michael Anderson
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1972-08-16
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Jeremy Kemp, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell

“Heresy ... or history ?”

Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.