''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

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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

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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 Dorota Segda (born 12 February 1966) in Kraków, Poland, is a Polish theatre, film and television actress. Besides acting, she is also a Professor of Theatre Arts, and the Rector since 2016, at the AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakó ...

as the titular nun.

Cast

as Sister Faustyna (Helena) Kowalska *Mirosława Dubrawska as General Mother of the congregation *Krzysztof Wakuliński as Priest Michał Sopoćko *

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska (born 17 September 1942) is a Polish stage and film actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1972. She has performed at the Bagatela Theatre in Kraków, Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, National Hel ...

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

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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 {{Poland-film-stub

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