Caravaggio
Aug 29 1986
•2h 33m
•Drama, History, Romance
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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Nigel Terry
Caravaggio
Sean Bean
Ranuccio
Garry Cooper
Davide
Dexter Fletcher
Young Caravaggio
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