Release Date

16 Sep, 1965

Runtime

02:18: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures.

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.

Original Title

The Agony and the Ecstasy

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Actors

Charlton Heston

Rex Harrison

Diane Cilento

Harry Andrews

Alberto Lupo

Adolfo Celi

Venantino Venantini

Tomas Milian

John Stacy

Fausto Tozzi

Maxine Audley

Andrea Giordana

Furio Meniconi

Adolfo Pezzini

Paolo Magalotti

Alec McCowen

Richard Pearson

Rosalba Neri

Marvin Miller

Tomas Milian

Fausto Tozzi

Crew

Carol Reed

Vittorio Nino Novarese

Philip Dunne

Philip Dunne

Elmo Williams

Darryl F. Zanuck

Carol Reed

John DeCuir

Jack Martin Smith

Dario Simoni

Irving Stone

Samuel E. Beetley

Alex North

Leon Shamroy