Pope Joan (1972)

Heresy ... or history ?

Cast

Liv Ullmann, Olivia de Havilland, Jeremy Kemp, Franco Nero, Maximilian Schell

Overview

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.