The Conclave
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The Conclaveis a 2006 Canadian/German film production directed byChristoph Schrewe.The script was written byPaul Donovanand the main cast included Manu Fullola,Brian BlessedandJames Faulkner.
Plot
[edit]The plot centers on theconclave of 1458,which took place five years after thefall of Constantinopleto theTurks.The story material was sourced from a diary written by Silvius Aeneas Piccolomini, the only cardinal to ever record the secret proceedings of a papal conclave, and who was himself elected PopePius IIin that Conclave. The Conclave hinges on the drama surrounding a 27-year-old Spaniard, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (laterPope Alexander VI) as he struggles to save both his career and his life.
Cast
[edit]- Manuel FullolaasRodrigo Borgia
- Brian BlessedasAeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
- James FaulknerasGuillaume d'Estouteville
- Rolf KaniesasBasilios Bessarion
- Holger KunkelasAlain de Coëtivy
- Peter GuinnessasLatino Orsini
- Nicholas IronsasProspero Colonna
- Brian DowneyasJuan de Mella
- Lolo HerreroasPedro Luis Borgia
- Gaetano CarotenutoasCaptain Gaetono
- Matthias KoeberlinasGiuliano Della Rovere
- Nora TschirnerasVannozza dei Cattanei
- Joseph RuttenasPope Callixtus III
- John DunsworthasFilippo Calandrini
See also
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