Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto is a 1941 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Amedeo Nazzari, Clara Calamai and Lamberto Picasso.
Nazzari portrays the painter Caravaggio as a wayward genius.
[2] Screenwriter Riccardo Freda met Francesco Curato and partner of his Carbone, who were trying to produce a film on the Italian painter Caravaggio.
[4] The film starred Amedeo Nazzari was among Italy's most popular actors at the time and was conflicted with the role when his character Caravaggio did not embrace or kiss any woman in the film, which he thought would put his career at risk.
[4] Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto was distributed theatrically in Italy by Minerva Film on 6 February 1941.