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The Agony and the Ecstasy

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)★ 7.2/10

Approved · US · 138 min · September 16, 1965

  • Drama
  • History
  • Biography

Directed by: Carol Reed

Written by: Irving Stone, Philip Dunne

Pope Julius II orders Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel, but his vision and the pope’s demands clash as the masterpiece takes shape.

Directed by

Carol Reed

Written by

Irving StonePhilip Dunne

Cast & crew

Charlton HestonMichelangeloRex HarrisonPope Julius IIDiane CilentoContessina de'MediciHarry AndrewsBramanteAlberto LupoFrancesco Maria della Rovere, duke of UrbinoAdolfo CeliCardinal Giovanni de' Medici (pope Leo X)Venantino VenantiniParis De GrassisJohn StacySangalloFausto TozziForemanMaxine AudleyWomanTomas MilianRaphael