Our God's Brother

{{Short description|1997 film}}

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| director = Krzysztof Zanussi

| story = Karol Wojtyła

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• Krzysztof Zanussi
• Mario Di Nardo

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• Scott Wilson
• Christoph Waltz

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| cinematography = Ryszard Lenczewski

| editing = Marek Denys

| music = Wojciech Kilar

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| released = {{Film date|1997}}

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Our God's Brother ({{Langx|pl|Brat naszego Boga}}, {{Langx|it|Fratello del nostro Dio}}, {{Langx|de|Die Farbe des Lebens}}) is a 1997 drama film co-written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. A co-production between Poland, Italy and Germany, it is based on a play by Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, and it depicts real life events of priest and artist Albert Chmielowski.{{cite journal |last1=Kraszewski |first1=Charles S. |title="Our God's Brother": A Conversation with Krzysztof Zanussi |journal=The Polish Review |date=2002 |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=280–288 |jstor=25779330 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25779330 |access-date=24 May 2025 |issn=0032-2970}}{{cite news |last1=Stratton |first1=David |title=Our God's Brother |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/our-god-s-brother-1200452707/ |access-date=24 May 2025 |work=Variety |date=5 January 1998}}

The film premiered out of competition at the 54th edition of the Venice Film Festival.{{cite news |last1=Nepoti |first1=Roberto |title=Il Santo di Papa Wojtyla tra i dannati di Varsavia |work=La Repubblica |date=7 September 1997 |page=35}}

== Plot ==

{{No plot|date=May 2025}}

== Cast ==

• Scott Wilson as Adam Chmielowski
• Christoph Waltz as Maksymilian Gierymski
• Wojciech Pszoniak as the Stranger
• Riccardo Cucciolla as the Monk
• Grażyna Szapołowska as Helena Modjeska
• Jerry Flynn as Lucjan
• Andrey Rudenskiy as Stanisław Witkiewicz
• Maciej Orlos as Jerzy
• Jerzy Nowak as Anthony
• Krzysztof Kumor as Wuj Józef
• Tadeusz Bradecki as the Theologue
• Andrzej Deskur as Young Adam Chmielowski
• Piotr Adamczyk as Hubert
• Krzysztof Janczar as Wiktor