Overview
In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turk, eighteen cardinals meet to elect a new pope. Rodrigo Borgia, a 27 year old cardinal learns to play a very dangerous game.
Director and cast
- Christoph Schrewe Director
- Brian Blessed as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomin
- James Faulkner as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
- Rolf Kanies as Cardinal Bessarion
- Manu Fullola as Rodrigo Borgia
- Dominic Boeer as Orsinis Ritter
- Nora Tschirner as Vanozza
- Holger Kunkel as Cardinal Alain D'Avignon
- Nicholas Irons as Prospero Colonna
- Brian Downey as Cardinal Juan De Mella
- Lolo Herrero as Pedro Luis Borgia
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