The Agony and the Ecstasy
“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 painting.
Genres
Drama, History
Studio
International Classics
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Agony and the Ecstasy performed
Budget
$10.0M
Worldwide Gross
$4.0M
Gross Profit
−$6.0M
Return
0.4× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$576K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Michelangelo
Charlton Heston
Michelangelo
Papa Giulio II
Rex Harrison
Papa Giulio II
Contessina de'Medici
Diane Cilento
Contessina de'Medici
Bramante
Harry Andrews
Bramante
Duca di Urbino
Alberto Lupo
Duca di Urbino
Giovanni de' Medici
Adolfo Celi
Giovanni de' Medici
Paride de Grassis
Venantino Venantini
Paride de Grassis
Raffaello Sanzio
Tomas Milian
Raffaello Sanzio
Giuliano da Sangallo
John Stacy
Giuliano da Sangallo
uomo
Fausto Tozzi
uomo
Woman
Maxine Audley
Woman
aiutante di Michelangelo
Andrea Giordana
aiutante di Michelangelo
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