"His passion came with a price."

1986

1h 33m

6.1(154 votes)

Drama

History

Romance

Overview

A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld.

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Cast & Crew

28 members

Acting

Nigel Terry

Caravaggio

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Sean Bean

Ranuccio

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Garry Cooper

Davide

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Dexter Fletcher

Young Caravaggio

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Spencer Leigh

Jerusaleme

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Tilda Swinton

Lena

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Nigel Davenport

Giustiniani

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Robbie Coltrane

Scipione Borghese

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Michael Gough

Cardinal Del Monte

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Noam Almaz

Boy Caravaggio

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Dawn Archibald

Pipo

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Jack Birkett

The Pope

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Una Brandon-Jones

Weeping Woman

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Imogen Claire

Lady with the Jewels

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Sadie Corre

Princess Collona

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Lol Coxhill

Old Priest

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Vernon Dobtcheff

Art Lover

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Terry Downes

Bodyguard

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Jonathan Hyde

Baglione

Crew

Emile Nicolaou

Young Jerusaleme

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Gene October

Model Peeling Fruit

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Cindy Oswin

Lady Elizabeth

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John Rogan

Vatican Official

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Zohra Sehgal

Jerusaleme's Grandmother

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Lucien Taylor

Boy with Guitar

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Sound

Simon Fisher-Turner

Fra Filippo

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Directing

Derek Jarman

Papal Aide (uncredited)

Directing

Cerith Wyn Evans

Altar Boy (uncredited)

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