The Conclave
The Conclave is a 2006 Canadian/German film production directed by Christoph Schrewe. The script was written by Paul Donovan.
Plot
The plot centers on the conclave of 1458, which took place five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. 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 Pope Pius II in that Conclave. The Conclave hinges on the drama surrounding a 27-year-old Spaniard, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI) as he struggles to save both his career and his life.
Cast
- Manuel Fullola as Rodrigo Borgia
- Brian Blessed as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
- James Faulkner as Guillaume d'Estouteville
- Rolf Kanies as Basilios Bessarion
- Holger Kunkel as Alain de Coëtivy
- Peter Guinness as Latino Orsini
- Nicholas Irons as Prospero Colonna
- Brian Downey as Juan de Mella
- Lolo Herrero as Pedro Luis Borgia
- Gaetano Carotenuto as Captain Gaetono
- Matthias Koeberlin as Giuliano Della Rovere
- Nora Tschirner as Vannozza dei Cattanei
- Joseph Rutten as Pope Callixtus III
- John Dunsworth as Filippo Calandrini
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See also
- List of historical drama films
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