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Crew:

Director: Derek Jarman
Screenplay:  Derek Jarman, Nicholas Ward Jackson (original idea by Nicholas Ward-Jackson)
DOP: Gabriel Beristain
Production: Sarah Radclyffe

Caravaggio

A film by Derek Jarman

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Derek Jarman struggled for seven years to bring his portrait of the great Renaissance painter Michelangelo Caravaggio to the screen, producing a critically acclaimed masterwork and a powerful meditation on sexuality, criminality, and art.
1610. Caravaggio is wanted for murder and has been on the run for four years. He is dying and being cared for by his young apprentice, John Jerusaleme, a deaf mute who Caravaggio took in as a boy. Caravaggio narrates episodes of his life, and muses on his approaching death.
  • Cast:

    Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Dexter Fletcher, Spencer Leigh, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Davenport, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gough
  • Original Title:

    Caravaggio
  • Country:

    United Kingdom
  • Year:

    1986
  • 93'

Crew:

Director: Derek Jarman
Screenplay:  Derek Jarman, Nicholas Ward Jackson (original idea by Nicholas Ward-Jackson)
DOP: Gabriel Beristain
Production: Sarah Radclyffe
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