Divine Mercy: No Escape
Divine Mercy: No Escape is a 1987 American religious films|religious] biographical film edited, produced, and directed by Hermann D. Tauchert, written by Tauchert and Fr. Seraphim Michalenko, and starring Melanie Metcalf as Polish nun Maria Faustina Kowalska.
It was shot in Vatican City, Poland, and Germany in addition to the United States, and includes a presentation by Pope [John Paul II].
Distributed by the Congregation of [Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception|Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception], the film premiered at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los [Angeles, California] in 1987. Later, it premiered in the Philippines at Virra Mall in Quezon City on March 7, 1988, and was later shown at the Coronet Theater in the same city for two days beginning on March 31 for Holy Week.
Cast
- Melanie Metcalf as Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Fr. John Bertolucci
- Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
- Dr. Robert H. Schuller
- Dr. Ali Abu-Bekr
- Fr. Bruce Ritter
- Fr. Tom Weston, S.J.
- Mother Teresa
- Francis Cardinal Macharkski
Home media
Divine Mercy was released on VHS by the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception in 1994.A revised version of Divine Mercy was released on DVD on January 4, 2001; this version shortens the film's running time from 63 minutes to 47 minutes.