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The Agony and the Ecstasy

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

Director
Carol Reed
Year
1965
Runtime
2h 18m
Release
1965
Language
en
Country
US

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01 · Overview

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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.

  • #painter
  • #vatican (holy see)
  • #artist
  • #italian renaissance
  • #based on novel or book
  • #biography
  • #sistine chapel
  • #16th century
  • #michelangelo
  • #pope

  • Directed by

    Carol Reed

  • Written by

    Philip Dunne

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