Caravaggio

Plot

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

  • Derek Jarman

    Director

  • Suso Cecchi d'Amico

    Writer

  • Derek Jarman

    Screenplay

  • Nicholas Ward Jackson

    Idea

  • Gabriel Beristain

    Director of Photography

  • George Akers

    Editor

  • Nigel Terry

    Caravaggio

  • Sean Bean

    Ranuccio

  • Garry Cooper

    Davide

  • Dexter Fletcher

    Young Caravaggio

  • Spencer Leigh

    Jerusaleme

  • Tilda Swinton

    Lena

  • Nigel Davenport

    Giustiniani

  • Robbie Coltrane

    Scipione Borghese

  • Michael Gough

    Cardinal Del Monte

  • Noam Almaz

    Boy Caravaggio

  • Dawn Archibald

    Pipo

  • Jack Birkett

    The Pope

  • Una Brandon-Jones

    Weeping Woman

  • Imogen Claire

    Lady with the Jewels

  • Sadie Corre

    Princess Collona

  • Lol Coxhill

    Old Priest

  • Vernon Dobtcheff

    Art Lover

  • Terry Downes

    Bodyguard

  • Jonathan Hyde

    Baglione

  • Emile Nicolaou

    Young Jerusaleme

  • Gene October

    Model Peeling Fruit

  • Cindy Oswin

    Lady Elizabeth

  • John Rogan

    Vatican Official

  • Zohra Sehgal

    Jerusaleme's Grandmother

  • Lucien Taylor

    Boy with Guitar

  • Simon Fisher-Turner

    Fra Filippo

  • Derek Jarman

    Papal Aide (uncredited)

  • Cerith Wyn Evans

    Altar Boy (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    93 minutes

    Released

    1986-08-29

    Languages

    English

    Italiano

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Studios

    BFI

    Film4 Productions

    Sound

  • Simon Fisher-Turner

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    437 days ago

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