
93 minutes
8/29/1986
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.

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
Noam Almaz
as Boy Caravaggio

Dawn Archibald
as Pipo
Jack Birkett
as The Pope

Una Brandon-Jones
as Weeping Woman

Imogen Claire
as Lady with the Jewels
Sadie Corre
as Princess Collona

Lol Coxhill
as Old Priest

Vernon Dobtcheff
as Art Lover

Terry Downes
as Bodyguard

Jonathan Hyde
as Baglione
Emile Nicolaou
as Young Jerusaleme
Gene October
as Model Peeling Fruit
Cindy Oswin
as Lady Elizabeth

John Rogan
as Vatican Official

Zohra Sehgal
as Jerusaleme's Grandmother
Lucien Taylor
as Boy with Guitar
Simon Fisher-Turner
as Fra Filippo

Derek Jarman
as Papal Aide (uncredited)
Cerith Wyn Evans
as Altar Boy (uncredited)