Gospa is a religious drama starring Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...

 and Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild

Morgan Fairchild is an American actress. She achieved prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with continuing roles in several television series, in which she usually conveyed a glamorous image. Fairchild has also performed in live theater and played guest roles in television comedies...

 about events surrounding pilgrimages to a small village in Hercegovina where six school children claim Gospa (Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

 for Lady) appeared in 1981 (see Our Lady of Međugorje). The movie highlights Communists preying on Catholics and Croatians who suffer at the hands of authorities. Martin Sheen plays Franciscan priest Zovko, who was tortured by the Yugoslavian

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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regime and tried for treason by the Yugoslav government for refusing to betray his people.