Caravaggio
“His passion came with a price.”
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.
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Nigel Terry
Caravaggio
Known for
Excalibur
Troy
Sean Bean
Ranuccio
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Game of Thrones
The Martian
Garry Cooper
Davide
Known for
Gangs of London
Landscapers
Dexter Fletcher
Young Caravaggio
Known for
Band of Brothers
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Spencer Leigh
Jerusaleme
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The Last of England
One Summer
Tilda Swinton
Lena
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Doctor Strange
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Nigel Davenport
Giustiniani
Known for
Phase IV
Nighthawks
Robbie Coltrane
Scipione Borghese
Known for
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Brave
Michael Gough
Cardinal Del Monte
Known for
Batman Returns
Corpse Bride
Noam Almaz
Boy Caravaggio
Also in
Eleni
The Little Drummer Girl
Dawn Archibald
Pipo
Known for
The Company of Wolves
Jack Birkett
The Pope
Known for
Jubilee
Derek Jarman Director · Simon Fisher-Turner Composer Gabriel Beristain Cinematographer
United States release August 29, 1986 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Italian
Production
BFI
Production
Channel 4 Television
Production
British Film Institute
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
Germany · February 14, 1986
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
United States · August 29, 1986
Theatrical
United States
January 21, 1992 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
Australia
October 1, 1987 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 26, 2006 · Physical · DVD Premiere
Canada
September 6, 1986 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
January 1, 1993 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
Japan
August 8, 1987 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 25, 2025 · Theatrical · Digitale restauratie
Spain
September 7, 1990 · Theatrical · Barcelona
December 19, 1990 · Theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
January 31, 1987 · Premiere · Gothenburg Film Festival
August 25, 1989 · Theatrical
December 14, 2011 · Physical · DVD
August 14, 2021 · Premiere · Malmö Queer Film Festival
Taiwan
November 24, 2014 · Premiere · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
May 30, 2026 · Premiere · Taipei Literature Festival
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