The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy
1965DramaHistory138 mins

Plot

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 Sisti... read more

  • Carol Reed

    Director

  • Irving Stone

    Novel

  • Philip Dunne

    Screenstory

  • Philip Dunne

    Screenplay

  • Leon Shamroy

    Director of Photography

  • Samuel E. Beetley

    Editor

  • 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

  • Runtime

    138 minutes

    Released

    1965-09-16

    Languages

    English

    Latin

    Countries

    Italy

    United States of America

    Studios

    DDL Cinematografica

    International Classics

    20th Century Fox

    Sound

  • Alex North

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    123 days ago

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