El Greco
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El Greco

The Lavish Courts of Spain...The Savage Torture of the Inquisition...The Treachery of Love...All Storming Across the Canvas of the Man Called El Greco

6.3 / 10 1966 1h 35mNR Italian
DramaHistory

Storyline

Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.

Cast & Crew

Mel Ferrer

Mel Ferrer

El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)

Lead
Rosanna Schiaffino

Rosanna Schiaffino

Jeronima de las Cuevas

Adolfo Celi

Adolfo Celi

Don Miguel de las Cuevas

Fernando Rey

Fernando Rey

Re Filippo II

Mario Feliciani

Mario Feliciani

Nino de Guevara

Franco Giacobini

Franco Giacobini

Francisco

Renzo Giovampietro

Renzo Giovampietro

Frate Felix

Ángel Aranda

Ángel Aranda

Don Luis

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Luciano Salce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. El Greco is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker