The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
157 audience votes
Key crew
- Carol ReedDirector
- Philip DunneScreenplay
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlton HestonMichelangelo
- Rex HarrisonPapa Giulio II
- Diane CilentoContessina de'Medici
- Harry AndrewsBramante
- Alberto LupoDuca di Urbino
- Adolfo CeliGiovanni de' Medici
- Venantino VenantiniParide de Grassis
- Tomas MilianRaffaello Sanzio
- John StacyGiuliano da Sangallo
- Fausto Tozziuomo
- Maxine AudleyWoman
- Andrea Giordanaaiutante di Michelangelo
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Themes
based on novel or bookvatican (holy see)popeartistpainterbiographymichelangelo16th centuryitalian renaissancesistine chapel