''Faustina'' ( pl, Faustyna) is a 1995 Polish biographical drama film about
Faustina Kowalska
Maria Faustyna Kowalska, OLM (born Helena Kowalska; 25 August 1905 – 5 October 1938), also known as ''Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament'', Faustyna popularly spelled "Faustina", was a Polish Catholic religious sister an ...
, a
Roman Catholic nun and mystic whose apparitions of
Jesus Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...
inspired the
Catholic devotion
Catholic devotions are particular customs, rituals, and practices of worship of God or honour of the saints which are in addition to the liturgy of the Catholic Church. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops describes devotions as "exp ...
to the
Divine Mercy
The Divine Mercy is a form of God's compassion, an act of grace based on trust or forgiveness. In Catholicism, it refers specifically to a devotion which had its origin in the apparitions of Jesus Christ reported by Faustina Kowalska.
Etymolog ...
. Directed by Jerzy Łukaszewicz, it stars
Dorota Segda as the titular nun.
Cast
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Dorota Segda as Sister Faustyna (Helena) Kowalska
*Mirosława Dubrawska as General Mother of the congregation
*Krzysztof Wakuliński as Priest Michał Sopoćko
*
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska as Superior Mother of Monastery
*Zofia Rysiówna as Siostra Wiktoryna
*Janusz Michałowski as Malarz Eugeniusz Kazimierowski
*Agnieszka Czekańska as Sister Feliksa
*Renata Berger as Psychiatrist
See also
*''
Divine Mercy: No Escape'', a 1987 American film which also depicts the life of Faustina Kowalska
References
External links
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1995 films
1990s biographical drama films
Cultural depictions of Polish women
Films about Catholic nuns
1990s Polish-language films
Polish biographical drama films
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