Caravaggio (1986 film)

Caravaggio
Directed byDerek Jarman
Screenplay byDerek Jarman
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Nicholas Ward-Jackson
Story byNicholas Ward-Jackson
Produced bySarah Radclyffe
StarringNigel Terry
Sean Bean
Tilda Swinton
CinematographyGabriel Beristain
Edited byGeorge Akers
Music bySimon Fisher-Turner
Distributed byCinevista (USA)
Umbrella Entertainment (AUS)
Release date
  • 29 August 1986 (1986-08-29) (U.S.)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£450,000[1] or £475,000[2]
Box office£240,000 (UK)[2]

Caravaggio is a 1986 British historical drama film directed by Derek Jarman. The film is a fictionalised retelling of the life of Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. It is Tilda Swinton's film debut.

  1. ^ "Verging on the respectable." Sunday Times [London, England] 20 Apr. 1986: 45. The Sunday Times Digital Archive. Web. 8 Apr. 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 20.