Caravaggio
“His passion came with a price.”
1986•NR•1h 33m•6.1•Released
DramaHistoryRomance
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.
Director
Derek Jarman
Writer
Derek Jarman
Languages
English, Italian
Studio
BFI
Cast
Nigel Terry
Caravaggio
Sean Bean
Ranuccio
Garry Cooper
Davide
Dexter Fletcher
Young Caravaggio
Spencer Leigh
Jerusaleme
Tilda Swinton
Lena
Nigel Davenport
Giustiniani
Robbie Coltrane
Scipione Borghese
Michael Gough
Cardinal Del Monte
Noam Almaz
Boy Caravaggio
Dawn Archibald
Pipo
Jack Birkett
The Pope
Una Brandon-Jones
Weeping Woman
Imogen Claire
Lady with the Jewels
Sadie Corre
Princess Collona
Production
Company
BFI
Company
Channel 4 Television
Producer
Sarah Radclyffe
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