Divine Mercy: No Escape
{{Short description|1987 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Divine Mercy: No Escape
| image = Divine Mercy No escape DVD release.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Hermann D. Tauchert
| producer = Hermann D. Tauchert{{cite news|title=Watch Divine Mercy: No Escape|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19880331&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=August 9, 2020|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=March 31, 1988|page=10}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
- Hermann D. Tauchert
- Seraphim Michalenko}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
- Peter F. Rotter{{cite book|title=Divine mercy, no escape|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1080829790|via=WorldCat|oclc=1080829790|access-date=August 9, 2020}}
- Louis Febre}}
| cinematography = {{Plainlist|
| editing = Hermann D. Tauchert
| studio = Tauchert & Associates Production
| distributor = Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception
| released = {{Film date|1987|9|15|Mann's Chinese Theatre|ref1=}}
| runtime = 63 minutes (theatrical version)
47 minutes (revised version){{cite web|title=DVD: Divine Mercy - No Escape|url=https://www.polartcenter.com/DVD_Divine_Mercy_No_Escape_p/9814470.htm|website=Polish Art Center|access-date=August 9, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828211730/http://www.polartcenter.com/DVD_Divine_Mercy_No_Escape_p/9814470.htm |archive-date=2016-08-28 }}
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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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.
It was shot in Vatican City, Poland, and Germany in addition to the United States, and includes a presentation by Pope John Paul II.
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,{{cite news|title=The Special Premiere showing of a major motion picture on the life of the Servant of God Sister Faustina|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19880301&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=May 30, 2021|work=Manila Standard|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=March 1, 1988|page=10}} and was later shown at the Coronet Theater in the same city for two days beginning on March 31 for Holy Week.
Cast
- Melanie Metcalf as Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Fr. John Bertolucci
- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
- Dr. Ali Abu-Bekr
- Fr. Bruce Ritter
- Fr. Tom Weston, S.J.
- Mother Teresa
- Francis Cardinal Macharkski
Helen Hayes serves as the narrator.
Home media
Divine Mercy was released on VHS by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception in 1994.
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.{{cite web|title=Divine Mercy No Escape DVD|url=https://shop.divinemercyusa.com/Divine-Mercy-No-Escape-DVD-DVD-DMNE.htm|website=Divine Mercy Publications, Inc.|access-date=August 9, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201024510/http://shop.divinemercyusa.com:80/Divine-Mercy-No-Escape-DVD-DVD-DMNE.htm |archive-date=2018-02-01 }}{{cite web|title=Divine Mercy, No Escape|url=https://www.shopmercy.org/catalog/product/view/id/1081?source=NID7469|website=Shop Mercy|access-date=August 9, 2020}}
References
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Category:1980s biographical drama films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:American biographical drama films
Category:Cultural depictions of Polish people
Category:Divine Mercy (Catholic devotion)
Category:Films about Catholic nuns
Category:Films scored by Louis Febre
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:Films shot in Germany
Category:Films shot in the United States
Category:English-language biographical drama films
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