Greek painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (Mel Ferrer) woos a beauty (Rosanna Schiaffino) and faces the Inquisition in 16th-century Spain.

Mel Ferreras El Greco (Domenico Teotocopulo)
Rosanna Schiaffinoas Jeronima de las Cuevas
Adolfo Celias Don Miguel de las Cuevas
Fernando Reyas Re Filippo II
Mario Felicianias Nino de Guevara
Franco Giacobinias Francisco
Renzo Giovampietroas Frate Felix
Ángel Arandaas Don Luis
Nino Crismanas Don Diego di Castiglia
Gabriella Giorgellias Maria