El tormento y el éxtasis (1965)
Renacimiento italiano, principios del siglo XVI (Cinquecento). Cuando el papa Julio II encarga a Miguel Ángel que pinte el techo de la Capilla Sixtina, el artista rechaza el trabajo. El Papa lo obliga a aceptarlo, pero Miguel Ángel destruye su obra y huye de Roma. Cuando, por fin, reanuda el proyecto, éste se convierte en un enfrentamiento de férreas voluntades, avivado por constantes diferencias artísticas y temperamentales. Drama histórico basado en un bestseller de Irving Stone.
Directora:
Carol Reed
Escritor:
Philip Dunne
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Charlton Heston as Michelangelo |
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Rex Harrison as Papa Giulio II |
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Diane Cilento as Contessina de'Medici |
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Harry Andrews as Bramante |
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Alberto Lupo as Duca di Urbino |
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Adolfo Celi as Giovanni de' Medici |
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Venantino Venantini as Paride de Grassis |
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Tomas Milian as Raffaello Sanzio |
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John Stacy as Giuliano da Sangallo |
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Fausto Tozzi as uomo |
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Maxine Audley as Woman |
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Andrea Giordana as aiutante di Michelangelo |
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Furio Meniconi as contadino |
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Adolfo Pezzini as uomo alla cava |
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Paolo Magalotti as guardia svizzera |
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Alec McCowen as Cardinal |
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Richard Pearson as Cardinal |
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Rosalba Neri as Seductive Woman (uncredited) |
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Marvin Miller as Narrator (uncredited) |
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Tomas Milian as Raphael |
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Fausto Tozzi as Foreman |
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Venantino Venantini as Paris De Grassis |
| Directing | Carol Reed | Director |
| Writing | Irving Stone | Novel |
| Writing | Philip Dunne | Screenstory |
| Writing | Philip Dunne | Screenplay |
| Production | Carol Reed | Producer |
| Production | Elmo Williams | Executive Producer |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Art | John DeCuir | Production Design |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Dario Simoni | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vittorio Nino Novarese | Costume Design |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Samuel E. Beetley | Editor |
| Sound | Alex North | Original Music Composer |