The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

Directors:
Carol Reed
Producers:
Carol Reed
Screenwriters:
Philip Dunne
Cast:
Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi, Venantino Venantini, Tomás Milián, John Stacy, Fausto Tozzi, Maxine Audley, Andrea Giordana, Furio Meniconi, Adolfo Pezzini, Paolo Magalotti, ... Show all

Movie 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 Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo doubts his painting skills and abandons the project.

What is the movie The Agony and the Ecstasy about?

The Agony and the Ecstasy is a movie about Biographies – Visual Arts, Painting, Sculpture, Popes, Bishops, Cardinals and Co., Reinassance and Humanism.

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