The Agony and the Ecstasy
16/09/1965
2h 18m

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.
Cast


Charlton Heston
Michelangelo


Rex Harrison
Papa Giulio II


Diane Cilento
Contessina de'Medici


Harry Andrews
Bramante


Alberto Lupo
Duca di Urbino


Adolfo Celi
Giovanni de' Medici


Venantino Venantini
Paride de Grassis


Tomas Milian
Raffaello Sanzio


John Stacy
Giuliano da Sangallo


Fausto Tozzi
uomo


Maxine Audley
Woman


Andrea Giordana
aiutante di Michelangelo


Furio Meniconi
contadino
Adolfo Pezzini
uomo alla cava


Paolo Magalotti
guardia svizzera


Alec McCowen
Cardinal


Richard Pearson
Cardinal


Rosalba Neri
Seductive Woman (uncredited)


Marvin Miller
Narrator (uncredited)


Tomas Milian
Raphael


Fausto Tozzi
Foreman


Venantino Venantini
Paris De Grassis
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