The film “Calling” (2020) by director Paweł Woldan portrays Karol Wojtyła’s spiritual journey, later known as Pope John Paul II, during World War II. It highlights his formative years in Krakow, where he studied Polish philology at the Jagiellonian University. The close bond with his father, who instilled in him values and moral strength, became the cornerstone of his future spiritual life.
During the war, Karol meets Jan Tyranowski, who becomes his spiritual mentor and introduces him to the world of mysticism. This relationship helps him grow spiritually, and Karol eventually decides to leave the theater festival and enter the seminary, where he is later ordained as a priest by Cardinal Adam Sapieha.
