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Divine Mercy: No Escape
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Hermann D. Tauchert
| producer = Hermann D. Tauchert
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| starring = Melanie Metcalf
| narrator = Helen Hayes
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| editing = Hermann D. Tauchert
| studio = Tauchert & Associates Production
| distributor = Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception
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| runtime = 63 minutes (theatrical version)
47 minutes (revised version)
| country = United States
| language = English
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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, 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.
References
Category:1987 films
Category:1980s biographical drama films
Category:American biographical films
Category:Cultural depictions of Polish women
Category:Divine Mercy
Category:Films about Catholic nuns
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:Films shot in Germany
Category:Films shot in Poland
Category:Films shot in the United States
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:1980s American films
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