

"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.
Michelangelo

Papa Giulio II

Contessina de'Medici

Bramante

Duca di Urbino

Giovanni de' Medici

Paride de Grassis

Raffaello Sanzio

Giuliano da Sangallo

uomo

Woman

aiutante di Michelangelo

contadino

uomo alla cava
guardia svizzera

Cardinal

Cardinal

Seductive Woman (uncredited)

Narrator (uncredited)

Raphael

Foreman

Paris De Grassis
