The Agony and the Ecstasy
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Charlton Heston stars as Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who begrudgingly paints the Sistine Chapel for imperious Pope Julius II in this epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel directed by Carol Reed. While the novel covers Michelangelo's life from birth to death, the film focuses on the battle of wills between the perfectionist artist and the impatient Pope who commissions (and eventually commands) him to paint the famed chapel.
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Charlton Heston
Michelangelo
Rex Harrison
Papa Giulio II
Adolfo Celi
Giovanni de' Medici
Tomas Milian
Raffaello Sanzio
Fausto Tozzi
uomo
Paolo Magalotti
guardia svizzera
Venantino Venantini
Paride de Grassis
Diane Cilento
Contessina de'Medici
Harry Andrews
Bramante
Andrea Giordana
aiutante di Michelangelo
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