edelsont | Name that flick

If any of y'all are in touch with Anthony Hopkins, the actor, I'd be obliged if you'd ask him a question for me. The question is:

When you were making "The Two Popes" [a "Netflix original" released in 2019], did it occur to you that it was essentially a remake of a film you had made years earlier?

If you aren't personally acquainted with Mr. Hopkins, there's still a way that you can participate in this inquiry. That is to see whether you can come up with the name of the earlier movie to which the question refers.

To make it a little easier, here is the bare-bones plot summary which the two films share. In each one, Hopkins' character has not only a name, but also a title. There is also a costume associated with the title.

And in each film, his character chooses someone to succeed him. Then he helps that person to prepare: to become (and feel) ready, and worthy, to assume the title (and wear the costume).

Please submit your answers as comments on this journal entry. Thank you.