Caravaggio

Production date and credits taken from collection records.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Film editor, George Akers ; costume designer, Sandy Powell ; production designer, Christopher Hobbs ; photography, Gabriel Beristain.; Nigel Terry (Caravaggio) ; Sean Bean ; Garry Cooper ; Dexter Fletcher ; Spencer Leigh ; Tilda Swinton ; Nigel Davenport (Giustiniani) ; Robbie Coltrane (Scipione Borghese) ; Michael Gough (Cardinal del Monte).; A film based on the life and art of Caravaggio, the greatest, Italian post-Renaissance painter. Caravaggio was the 'enfant terrible' of Italian Art, and his short life, marked by extremes of passion and moral and artistic radicalism, ended violently.; PFA 1616-01-10412. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: March 8, 2000, good condition ; color good ; some scratches and flecks ; leader backwards. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2008/03/25; Fair condition; 35 reduction; warping; decent color

The film opens as Caravaggio (Nigel Terry) dies from lead poisoning while in exile, with only his long-time deaf-dumb companion Jerusaleme (Spencer Leigh) by his side. The film is told in a segmented fashion, telling the story back to his life as a teenage street ruffian (Dexter Fletcher) who hustles and paints.