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The Conclave is a 2006 Canadian/German film production directed by Christoph Schrewe. The script was written by Paul Donovan.

Plot

The plot centers on the conclave of 1458, which took place five years after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks. The story material was sourced from a diary written by Silvius Aeneas Piccolomini, the only cardinal to ever record the secret proceedings of a papal conclave, and who was himself elected Pope Pius II in that Conclave. The Conclave hinges on the drama surrounding a 27-year-old Spaniard, Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI) as he struggles to save both his career and his life.

Cast

Manuel Fullola as Rodrigo Borgia
Brian Blessed as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
James Faulkner as Guillaume d'Estouteville
Rolf Kanies as Basilios Bessarion
Holger Kunkel as Alain de Coëtivy
Peter Guinness as Latino Orsini
Nicholas Irons as Prospero Colonna
Brian Downey as Juan de Mella
Lolo Herrero as Pedro Luis Borgia
Gaetano Carotenuto as Captain Gaetono
Matthias Koeberlin as Giuliano Della Rovere
Nora Tschirner as Vannozza dei Cattanei
Joseph Rutten as Pope Callixtus III
John Dunsworth as Filippo Calandrini

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