The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
Directed by	Richard Lyford
Written by	Norman Borisoff
Produced by	Ralph Alswang Robert J. Flaherty Robert Snyder
Narrated by	Fredric March
Cinematography	Harry Ringger
Edited by	Richard Lyford
Distributed by	Classic Pictures
Release date	1950 (1950)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is a 1950 German documentary film about the painter and sculptor Michelangelo. It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.^[1]

The film was a re-edited version of a German/Swiss film of 1938 originally titled Michelangelo: Life of a Titan, directed by Curt Oertel. The re-edited version featured a new English narration by Fredric March and a musical score onto a shorter edit of the existing film. The new credits include Richard Lyford as director and Robert Snyder as producer. The film was edited by Lyford. The Academy Film Archive preserved The Titan in 2005.^[2]

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Plot

Cast

Fredric March as himself/narrator

References

^ "The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

External links

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at IMDb
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo at Masters & Masterworks Productions, founded by Robert Snyder

Michelangelo

List of works
✻ attributed
†lost

Sculptures

Florence, c. 1488–1492	Head of a Faun† Madonna of the Stairs Battle of the Centaurs Crucifix
Bologna, 1494–1495	Additions to the Arca di San Domenico St Petronius St Proclus Angel
Rome, 1496–1500	Sleeping Cupid† Bacchus Standing Cupid† Pietà
Florence, 1501–1505	David Madonna of Bruges Additions to the Piccolomini Altarpiece Saints Peter, Paul, Pius and Gregory Pitti Tondo Taddei Tondo St. Matthew Rothschild Bronzes
Tomb of Julius II, 1505–1545	Moses Rebellious Slave Dying Slave Young Slave Bearded Slave Atlas Slave Awakening Slave The Genius of Victory Rachel Leah
Florence, 1516–1534	Christ Carrying the Cross Medici Chapel Giuliano de' Medici Night Day Dusk Dawn Medici Madonna Apollo Crouching Boy
Rome, 1534–1564	Brutus Florentine Pietà Palestrina Pietà ✻ Rondanini Pietà

Paintings

Panel paintings	The Torment of Saint Anthony Manchester Madonna The Entombment Doni Tondo Leda and the Swan†
Salone dei Cinquecento	Battle of Cascina†
Sistine Chapel (ceiling gallery)	Ceiling Separation of Light from Darkness The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Vegetation The Creation of Adam Prophet Daniel Prophet Isaiah Prophet Jeremiah Prophet Joel Prophet Jonah The Last Judgment
Pauline Chapel	The Crucifixion of St. Peter The Conversion of Saul

Architecture

Florence	New Sacristy and Laurentian Library in the Basilica of San Lorenzo
Rome	Capitoline Museums Piazza del Campidoglio Palazzo Farnese St. Peter's Basilica Tor San Michele ✻ San Giovanni dei Fiorentini Porta Pia Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Works on paper, milieu, etc.

Works on paper	Study of a Kneeling Nude Girl for The Entombment Male Back with a Flag Studies for the Libyan Sibyl The Punishment of Tityus Pietà for Vittoria Colonna Epifania
Milieu	Cecchino dei Bracci Tommaso dei Cavalieri Vittoria Colonna Ascanio Condivi Gherardo Perini Sebastiano del Piombo Febo di Poggio Luigi del Riccio
Related	Art patronage of Julius II Casa Buonarroti Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects Michelangelo and the Medici Replicas of David Replicas of the Pietà Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950 documentary) The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961 novel, 1965 film) A Season of Giants (1990 TV film) Michelangelo quadrangle

Awards for The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

v t e Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
1942–1975	The Battle of Midway / Kokoda Front Line! / Moscow Strikes Back / Prelude to War (1942) Desert Victory (1943) The Fighting Lady (1944) The True Glory (1945) No Award (1946) Design for Death (1947) The Secret Land (1948) Daybreak in Udi (1949) The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950) Kon-Tiki (1951) The Sea Around Us (1952) The Living Desert (1953) The Vanishing Prairie (1954) Helen Keller in Her Story (1955) The Silent World (1956) Albert Schweitzer (1957) White Wilderness (1958) Serengeti Shall Not Die (1959) The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960) Sky Above and Mud Beneath (1961) Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler (1962) Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) World Without Sun (1964) The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) The War Game (1966) The Anderson Platoon (1967) Journey into Self (1968) Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life (1969) Woodstock (1970) The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) Marjoe (1972) The Great American Cowboy (1973) Hearts and Minds (1974) The Man Who Skied Down Everest (1975)
1976–2000	Harlan County, USA (1976) Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977) Scared Straight! (1978) Best Boy (1979) From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1980) Genocide (1981) Just Another Missing Kid (1982) He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin' (1983) The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) Broken Rainbow (1985) Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got / Down and Out in America (1986) The Ten-Year Lunch (1987) Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) American Dream (1990) In the Shadow of the Stars (1991) The Panama Deception (1992) I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School (1993) Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1994) Anne Frank Remembered (1995) When We Were Kings (1996) The Long Way Home (1997) The Last Days (1998) One Day in September (1999) Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
2001–present	Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) Bowling for Columbine (2002) The Fog of War (2003) Born into Brothels (2004) March of the Penguins (2005) An Inconvenient Truth (2006) Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Man on Wire (2008) The Cove (2009) Inside Job (2010) Undefeated (2011) Searching for Sugar Man (2012) 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) Citizenfour‎ (2014) Amy (2015) O.J.: Made in America (2016) Icarus (2017) Free Solo (2018) American Factory (2019) My Octopus Teacher (2020) Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) Navalny (2022)

v t e National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1934–1950	Man of Aran (1934) No Award (1935) Carnival in Flanders (1936) The Eternal Mask (1937) La Grande Illusion (1938) Port of Shadows (1939) The Baker's Wife (1940) Pépé le Moko (1941) No Award (1942–1949) The Titan (1950)
1951–1975	Rashomon (1951) The Sound Barrier (1952) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) Romeo and Juliet (1954) The Prisoner (1955) The Silent World (1956) Ordet (1957) Pather Panchali (1958) Wild Strawberries (1959) The World of Apu (1960) Die Brücke (1961) Sundays and Cybele (1962) 8½ (1963) World Without Sun (1964) Juliet of the Spirits (1965) The Sleeping Car Murders (1966) Elvira Madigan (1967) War and Peace (1968) Shame (1969) The Wild Child (1970) Claire's Knee (1971) The Sorrow and the Pity (1972) Cries and Whispers (1973) Amarcord (1974) The Story of Adele H. (1975)
1976–2000	The Marquise of O (1976) That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Autumn Sonata (1978) La Cage aux Folles (1979) The Tin Drum (1980) A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1981) Mephisto (1982) Fanny and Alexander (1983) A Sunday in the Country (1984) Ran (1985) Otello (1986) Jean de Florette / Manon des Sources (1987) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Story of Women (1989) Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) Europa Europa (1991) Indochine (1992) Farewell My Concubine (1993) Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Shanghai Triad (1995) Ridicule (1996) Shall We Dance? (1997) Central Station (1998) All About My Mother (1999) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
2001–present	Amores perros (2001) Talk to Her (2002) The Barbarian Invasions (2003) The Sea Inside (2004) Paradise Now (2005) Volver (2006) The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Mongol (2008) A Prophet (2009) Of Gods and Men (2010) A Separation (2011) Amour (2012) The Past (2013) Wild Tales (2014) Son of Saul (2015) The Salesman (2016) Foxtrot (2017) Cold War (2018) Parasite (2019) La Llorona (2020) A Hero (2021) Close (2022) Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

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