The Agony and the Ecstasy

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.

• Carol ReedDirector
• Philip DunneScreenplay
• Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer

• 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