Caravaggio

1986

Derek Jarman
Director

Bio of bad boy Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, his paintings and his lover.

Certainly not for every taste, but this sumptuous recreation of a life on a zero budget with odd visuals makes for gorgeous cinema. Possibly Derek Jarman's most accessible film though.

Recommended to the art movie crowd. You know who you are.

(The credits run down the screen by-the-by)

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29th August 1986
Cinema






24th June 2008
DVD



90 mins
1.77:1


17th June 2019
Blu-Ray








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Nigel Terry
Caravaggio
Sean Bean
Ranuccio
Garry Cooper
Davide
Dexter Fletcher
Young Caravaggio
Sadie Corré
Princess Collona
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 Segal
Jerusaleme's Grandmother
Lucien Taylor
Boy with Guitar
Simon Fisher-Turner
Fra Fillipo
Kevin Hull
Roman in Toga
Derek Jarman
Papal Aide
Chelita Secunda
(uncredited)
Cerith Wyn Evans
Altar Boy