Caravaggio
His passion came with a price.
6.1(160) 1986-08-29 93 minDramaHistoryRomance
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.
DirectorDerek Jarman
Original Music ComposerSimon Fisher-Turner
ScreenplayDerek Jarman
ProducerSarah Radclyffe
Cast & characters
Nigel Terry
as Caravaggio
Sean Bean
as Ranuccio
Garry Cooper
as Davide
Dexter Fletcher
as Young Caravaggio
Spencer Leigh
as Jerusaleme
Tilda Swinton
as Lena
Nigel Davenport
as Giustiniani
Robbie Coltrane
as Scipione Borghese
Michael Gough
as Cardinal Del Monte
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Noam Almaz
as Boy Caravaggio
Dawn Archibald
as Pipo
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Jack Birkett
as The Pope
Una Brandon-Jones
as Weeping Woman
Imogen Claire
as Lady with the Jewels
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Sadie Corre
as Princess Collona
Lol Coxhill
as Old Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
as Art Lover
Terry Downes
as Bodyguard
Jonathan Hyde
as Baglione
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Emile Nicolaou
as Young Jerusaleme
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Gene October
as Model Peeling Fruit
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Cindy Oswin
as Lady Elizabeth
John Rogan
as Vatican Official
Zohra Sehgal
as Jerusaleme's Grandmother
