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.

• DirectorCarol Reed
• Release16 September 1965
• Genre
  Drama / History
• Duration2h 18m
• Budget$10,000,000
• Revenue$4,000,000
• Rate
  

  7.075
  147 reviews
• Productions

  DDL Cinematografica, International Classics, 20th Century Fox