Divine Mercy: No Escape
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| Directed by | Hermann D. Tauchert |
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| Produced by | Hermann D. Tauchert[1] |
| Starring | Melanie Metcalf[1] |
| Narrated by | Helen Hayes[2] |
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| Edited by | Hermann D. Tauchert[3] |
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Production companies | Tauchert & Associates Production[1] |
| Distributed by | Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception[1] |
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Running time | 63 minutes (theatrical version)[3] 47 minutes (revised version)[4] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Divine Mercy: No Escape is a 1987 American religious biographical film edited, produced, and directed by Hermann D. Tauchert, written by Tauchert and Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, and starring Melanie Metcalf as Polish nun Maria Faustina Kowalska.[2]
It was shot in Vatican City, Poland, and Germany in addition to the United States, and includes a presentation by Pope John Paul II.[2][1]
Distributed by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception, the film premiered at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California in 1987. Later, it premiered in the Philippines at Virra Mall in Quezon City on March 7, 1988,[5] and was later shown at the Coronet Theater in the same city for two days beginning on March 31 for Holy Week.[1]
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Melanie Metcalf as Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Fr. John Bertolucci[1]
- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner[1]
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller[1]
- Dr. Ali Abu-Bekr[1]
- Fr. Bruce Ritter[1]
- Fr. Tom Weston, S.J.[1]
- Mother Teresa[1]
- Francis Cardinal Macharkski[1]
Helen Hayes serves as the narrator.
Home media
[edit | edit source]Divine Mercy was released on VHS by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception in 1994.[3]
A revised version of Divine Mercy was released on DVD on January 4, 2001; this version shortens the film's running time from 63 minutes to 47 minutes.[6][7]
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- 1987 films
- 1987 drama films
- 1980s American films
- 1980s biographical drama films
- 1980s English-language films
- American biographical drama films
- Cultural depictions of Polish people
- Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)
- Films about Catholic nuns
- Films scored by Louis Febre
- Films set in the 1930s
- Films shot in Germany
- Films shot in Poland
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- English-language biographical drama films
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