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The Agony and the Ecstasy

In Carol Reed's epic adaptation of Irvine Stone's novel, Charlton Heston plays Renaissance artist Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), who unhappily paints the Sistine Chapel for imperial Pope Julius II. However, while the literature concentrates solely on the story of Michelangelo's life, this film focuses solely on his relationship with Pope Clement VII, whom he was ordered to paint the famous chapel by.

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Drama