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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.
Michelangelo battles agonizing doubt when a papal commission shifts from marble sculpture to the daunting heights of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. This epic collision of religious authority and artistic obsession captures the brutal cost of reaching for perfection.
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Carol Reed
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Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi, Venantino Venantini, Tomas Milian, John Stacy, Fausto Tozzi
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The Agony and the Ecstasy
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7.1/10
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Director
Carol Reed
Cast
Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison, Diane Cilento, Harry Andrews, Alberto Lupo, Adolfo Celi, Venantino Venantini, Tomas Milian, John Stacy, Fausto Tozzi
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