Caravaggio

United Kingdom, 1986

Film
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As influential Italian artist Caravaggio dies in exile in 1610, he recalls his short life, from his childhood to his initial artistic failures to his later triumphs as he catches the eye of a sympathetic cardinal to his destructive relationship with a dashing gambler.

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Credits

producer

Sarah Radclyffe

Sarah Radclyffe

production company

Channel 4 Television

screenplay

Derek Jarman

Duration

01:33:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-20537

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

History

Romance

TMDB-Movie

20537

Wikidata

Q1035443

Collected

106 times

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