Overview

A docu-film on the history and meaning of the painting Madonna Sistina by Raffaello, painted in 1513. The meaning of Raffaello's masterpiece is told through the eyes of Russian author Vasilij Grossman, who dedicated a short but significant story to the painting in which he reviewed the tragic history of twentieth-century totalitarianisms.

Top Cast

David Oakes

Brandon Miller

Emerald O'Hanrahan

Marilyn Miller

Sylvester McCoy

Museum attendant / Vasilij Grossman

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Nils Willers

Museum director

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Andreas Henning

Self

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Matthias Wivel

Self

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Don Paolo Mascilongo

Self

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Maurizia Calusio

Self

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Giovanni Maddalena

Self

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Robert Chandler

Self