The Agony and the Ecstasy
Released: September 16, 1965Runtime: 138 min
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.
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Charlton Heston
as Michelangelo
Rex Harrison
as Pope Julius II
Diane Cilento
as Contessina de'Medici
Harry Andrews
as Bramante
Alberto Lupo
as Francesco Maria della Rovere, duke of Urbino
Adolfo Celi
as Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici (pope Leo X)
Venantino Venantini
as Paris De Grassis
John Stacy
as Sangallo
Fausto Tozzi
as Foreman
Maxine Audley
as Woman
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