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.
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
Lol Coxhill
Old Priest
Vernon Dobtcheff
Art Lover
Terry Downes
Bodyguard
Jonathan Hyde
Baglione
Emile Nicolaou
Young Jerusaleme
Gene October
Model Peeling Fruit
Cindy Oswin
Lady Elizabeth
John Rogan
Vatican Official
Zohra Sehgal
Jerusaleme's Grandmother
Lucien Taylor
Boy with Guitar
Simon Fisher-Turner
Fra Filippo
Derek Jarman
Papal Aide (uncredited)
Cerith Wyn Evans
Altar Boy (uncredited)
Crew
Derek Jarman
Director, Screenplay
George Akers
Editor
Gabriel Beristain
Director of Photography
Glynn Purcell
First Assistant Director
Simon Moseley
Second Assistant Director
Pat Aldersley
Third Assistant Director
Colin MacCabe
Executive Producer
Sarah Radclyffe
Producer
Nicholas Ward Jackson
Associate Producer, Idea
Jules Bradbury
Production Assistant
Christopher Hobbs
Production Design
Debbie McWilliams
Casting
Sandy Powell
Costume Design
Miri Ben-Schlomo
Assistant Makeup Artist
Morag Ross
Makeup Artist
Billy McCarthy
Sound Recordist
Simon Fisher-Turner
Original Music Composer
Tim Youngman
Property Master
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Additional Writing
Sarah Wilson
Production Manager
Jill Pack
Executive In Charge Of Production
Michael Buchanan
Art Direction
James Mackay
Development Producer
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