The Agony and the Ecstasy
Film1965138 min7.0/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Carol Reed
From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures.
The story
During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes his mind and asks the sculptor to paint a mural in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project. Divine inspiration returns Michelangelo to the mural, but his artistic vision clashes with the pope's demanding personality and threatens the success of the historic painting.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Charlton HestonMichelangelo
Rex HarrisonPapa Giulio II
Diane CilentoContessina de'Medici
Harry AndrewsBramante
Alberto LupoDuca di Urbino
Adolfo CeliGiovanni de' Medici
Venantino VenantiniParide de Grassis
Tomas MilianRaffaello Sanzio
John StacyGiuliano da Sangallo
Fausto Tozziuomo
Maxine AudleyWoman
Andrea Giordanaaiutante di MichelangeloExplore the crew
- Director
- Carol Reed
- Screenplay
- Philip Dunne
- Producer
- Carol Reed
- Director of Photography
- Leon Shamroy
- Editor
- Samuel E. Beetley
- Original Music Composer
- Alex North