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The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel directed by Carol Reed. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) him to paint the famed chapel.
Updated May 11 2020
Cast
Charlton Heston
Michelangelo
Harry Andrews
R.S.M. Wilson (archive footage)
Tomás Milián
General Arturo Salazar
Venantino Venantini
Paris De Grassis
Rex Harrison
Pope Julius II
Diane Cilento
Contessina de'Medici
Alberto Lupo
Duke of Urbino
Crew
Carol Reed
Director
