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.
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Charlton Heston as Michelangelo
Rex Harrison as Papa Giulio II
Diane Cilento as Contessina de'Medici
Harry Andrews as Bramante
Alberto Lupo as Duca di Urbino
Adolfo Celi as Giovanni de' Medici
Venantino Venantini as Paride de Grassis
Tomas Milian as Raffaello Sanzio
John Stacy as Giuliano da Sangallo
Fausto Tozzi as uomo
Maxine Audley as Woman
Andrea Giordana as aiutante di Michelangelo
Furio Meniconi as contadino
Adolfo Pezzini as uomo alla cava
Paolo Magalotti as guardia svizzera
Alec McCowen as Cardinal
Richard Pearson as Cardinal
Rosalba Neri as Seductive Woman (uncredited)
Marvin Miller as Narrator (uncredited)
Tomas Milian as Raphael
Fausto Tozzi as Foreman
Venantino Venantini as Paris De Grassis
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