El Greco

El Greco

The Lavish Courts of Spain...The Savage Torture of the Inquisition...The Treachery of Love...All Storming Across the Canvas of the Man Called El Greco

1966 · 95 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, History

Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.

Directed by Luciano Salce · Written by Rodrigo Rivero Balestia

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