The Conclave (2006)

Directors

Christoph Schrewe

Cast

Manuel Fullola, Brian Blessed, James Faulkner, Rolf Kanies, Holger Kunkel, Peter Guinness, Nicholas Irons, Brian Downey, Lolo Herrero, Gaetano Carotenuto, Matthias Koeberlin, Nora Tschirner

The story

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.

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