Movies and TvShows featuring "republic-of-florence" theme.

The Agony and the Ecstasy is a biographical drama about the relationship between the renowned artist Michelangelo and Pope Julius II. Set in the 16th century, the movie depicts the struggle and triumph of Michelangelo as he is commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The film captures the agony of Michelangelo's creative process and the ecstacy of his artistic achievement.

A group of friends navigate through the 15th-century Italian Renaissance in Florence, forming lasting friendships in the process. The comedic plot explores their adventures and misadventures in the Republic of Florence and the beautiful region of Tuscany.

Suddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.