The Conclave

2006 [GERMAN]

Action / Biography / Drama / History

5
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 68%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 779 779

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Plot summary

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

Christoph Schrewe Photo
Christoph Schrewe

Top cast

Brian Blessed Photo
Brian Blessed as Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini
James Faulkner Photo
James Faulkner as Cardinal Guillaume D'Estouteville
Peter Guinness Photo
Peter Guinness as Cardinal Latino Orsini
Matthias Koeberlin Photo
Matthias Koeberlin as Guiliano Della Rovere
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911.37 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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1.83 GB
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English 5.1
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1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by caspian1978 7 / 10

Pope Jim Lahey !

Any movie with Brian Blessed in it is worth watching. His performance alone is a great excuse to watch this mediocre movie. While the acting is the strongest reason to watch this movie, the special effects are not. Although the art direction and production value are solid, every exterior scene in this movie lacks realism along with any real substance of historical nature. Ideally, having most of this movie take place in the conclave room works to the advantage like a stage play and heavily relies on the performance of the cast to tell the story. This is where Conclave shines.A surprise addition to the cast is the late and great John Dunsworth from Trailer Park Boys. As soon as you see him on the screen, you are routing for him to be named Pope. Overall, a nice story with wonderful moments worth watching.
Reviewed by stevelivesey-37183 5 / 10

Great script and acting but rather sterile direction and cheap production

Quite the mixed bag with this. I came across it whilst hunting out the brilliant but terribly flawed recent movie 'Conclave'.The production is somewhat cheap. The CGI and the sets are poor, as are the lighting and direction.As good as the script and most of the acting is, the big problem with the film is that it lacks gravitas. The ending, for example, is quite anti climatic. Where was the drama? The build up was there, kind of, but the payoff was sadly lacking.And all this was shame because, other than that, it had me hooked. Why choose this conclave? I am sure some other must have had some murder, mayhem and intrigue.
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