
The Agony and the Ecstasy ( 1965 )
"From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures."
Overview
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.
Top 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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