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Production countries: US
Origin countries: US
Language: EN
Spoken: English, Latin
Production: International Classics
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $4,000,000

based on novel or bookvatican (holy see)popeartistpainterbiographymichelangelo16th centuryitalian renaissancesistine chapel

Production countries: US
Origin countries: US
Language: EN
Spoken: English, Latin
Production: International Classics
Budget: $10,000,000
Revenue: $4,000,000

based on novel or bookvatican (holy see)popeartistpainterbiographymichelangelo16th centuryitalian renaissancesistine chapel

The Agony and the Ecstasy U

Released 16 Sept, 1965 2h 18min

The Agony and the Ecstasy U

Released 16 Sept, 1965 2h 18min

Directed by Carol Reed

From the age of magnificence comes a new magnificence in motion pictures.

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... see more

Directed by Carol Reed