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Charlton Heston | Michelangelo | |
Rex Harrison | Pope Julius II | |
Diane Cilento | Contessina de Medici | |
Harry Andrews | Bramante | |
Alberto Lupo | Duke of Urbino | |
Adolfo Celi | Giovanni de Medici | |
Venantino Venantini | Paris De Grassis | |
John Stacy | Sangallo | |
Fausto Tozzi | Foreman | |
Maxine Audley | Woman | |
Tomas Milian | Raphael | |
Marvin Miller | Narrator | |
Richard Pearson | Cardinal |
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Producer | Carol Reed
Elmo Williams |
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Writer | Irving Stone
Philip Dunne |
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Cinematography | Leon Shamroy
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Musician | Alex North
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The gripping story of Michelangelo's pain and triumph. Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colorful figures in this historical drama based on Irving Stone's best-seller. When Pope Julius ll (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees to Rome. Nominated for an Oscar® Cinematography and named one of the year's best films by the National Board of Review, The Agony And The Ecstasy is a fascinating dramatization of the battle of wills behind one of the world's artistic masterpieces. |
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