Gospa
Sign in to saveGospa (Croatian for "Madonna" or "Our Lady") is a 1995 religious drama starring Martin Sheen and Morgan Fairchild about pilgrimages to a small Herzegovinian village of Međugorje where six school children say the Virgin Mary appeared in 1981.
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4.4In 1981 in Medjugorje (BA), a group of kids claim that Virgin Mary appeared to them on a hill. The local priest believes them and spreads the word. Religious tourism blossoms. The communist government is concerned and arrests the priest.
Released: 1995-10-12125 minDir: Jakov SedlarDrama
Cast
- Martin Sheen as Father Jozo Zovko
- Michael York as Milan Vukovic
- Morgan Fairchild as Sister Fabijana Zovko
- Paul Guilfoyle as Miodrag Dobrovic
- George Coe as Father Ferdo Vlasic
- Ray Girardin as Father Zrinko Cuvalo
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1995
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Jakov Sedlar
- Screenwriter
- Barry Morrow
- Cast member
- Božidar Smiljanić
- Duration
- +116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 503391
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Gospa (Croatian for "Madonna" or "Our Lady") is a 1995 religious drama starring Martin Sheen and Morgan Fairchild about pilgrimages to a small Herzegovinian village of Međugorje where six school children say the Virgin Mary appeared in 1981.
The movie highlights persecutions of Catholic Croats, particularly of the clergy, by the communist authorities of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Martin Sheen plays Franciscan priest Jozo Zovko, who was tried for sedition by the Yugoslav government.