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• Documentary
• Drama

• 2006
• Christoph Schrewe
• 100 mins

Summary

In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals met in Rome to elect a new pope. A 27-year-old Spanish cardinal, Rodrigo Borgia, learns to play a very dangerous game; how to survive his first conclave.

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rolenameRodrigo BorgiaManu FullolaAeneas Sylvius PiccolominiBrian BlessedCardinal Guillaume D'EstoutevilleJames FaulknerCardinal BessarionRolf KaniesCardinal Alain D'AvignonHolger KunkelCardinal Latino OrsiniPeter GuinnessProspero ColonnaNicholas IronsCardinal Juan De MellaBrian DowneyPedro Luis BorgiaLolo HerreroCaptain GaetonoGaetano Carotenuto

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rolenameDirectorChristoph SchreweWriterPaul DonovanProducerSytze Van Der LaanComposerAri WiseDirector of photographyMathias NeumannEditorThorben BiegerCastingKate PlantinProduction designerEmanuel Jannasch

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English

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Colour

News & features about The Conclave

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  Oscars 2025: The case for Conclave to win Best Picture
  
  Set within the intriguing hushed corridors of the Vatican, Conclave is a quietly brilliant contender for Best Picture.

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  Meet the man who inspired Ralph Fiennes’s Conclave character - and learn the true secrets of selecting a Pope
  
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