The Agony and the Ecstasy
(1965)
★ 7 IMDb · 155 votes
Year: 1965
Runtime: 138 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Carol Reed
Cast: Чарлтон Хестон, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Гарри Эндрюс, Alberto Lupo, Адольфо Чели, Venantino Venantini, Tomas Milian, John Stacy, Fausto Tozzi
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. 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.