Konwicki czyta Wojtyłę. O niezrealizowanym scenariuszu według „Brata naszego Boga”
Konwicki Reading Wojtyła. On an Unfulfilled Screenplay Based on “Brat Naszego Boga” (“Our God’s Brother”)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is an unknown to date Tadeusz Konwicki’s screenplay based on the drama by Karol Wojtyła. The unfulfilled screenplay (the movie was to have been directed by Andrzej Wajda) is a story about young Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, who at a night under occupation in 1945 takes part in a secret theatre rehearsal that prepares for staging his play. Wojtyła plays the title character, Adam Chmielowski, a historical painter, who at the end of 19th century chose to enter a monastery and as brother Albert (the future patron saint) dedicated himself to organizing help to the poorest. The trauma after the 1863 Insurrection implied in the screenplay as a source of Adam’s stance is also Konwicki’s suggestion on the source of Wojtyła’s stance. Konwicki sees in Wojtyła’s priestly way leading to pontificate a response to the evil of war world.

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