- Director Miloš Forman, whose parents died in Auschwitz, read a book about the Inquisition in The Kingdom of Spain many years ago and realized how mercilessly history repeats itself, so he made this film. Story ideas.
- Director Miloš Forman set Natalie Hershlag to play the heroine Ines at the beginning, because he thought Portman looked very much like the protagonist in Goya's "The Milkmaid of Bordeaux" and watched the movie "Stealing". After "Heart", it was discovered that Portman had great acting potential.
- The film is the first collaboration between director Miloš Forman and producer Saul Zaenz after 1984's "Mozart" in 20 years.
- Several scenes in the film were filmed on location at the Royal Palace in The Kingdom of Spain.
- For better effect, the crew recreated 18th-century scenes from the streets of The Kingdom of Spain .
Goya's Ghosts behind the scenes gags
2022-03-01 08:01
Extended Reading
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Tomás Bilbatúa: Forgive me, Father Lorenzo, but um, have you ever been put to the... to the Question, yourself?
Brother Lorenzo: Have I ever been?
Tomás Bilbatúa: Yes. Have you ever been subjected to the Question?
Brother Lorenzo: Of course not.
Tomás Bilbatúa: Do you think that if you were, and they asked you to confess something grotesquely absurd... say... say you were told to confess that you're really a monkey.
[laughter around the table]
Tomás Bilbatúa: You're sure that god would grant you the fortitude to deny it? Or would you rather confess to being a monkey? To avoid the pain.
Goya: I know I would.
Tomás Bilbatúa: I know you would. So would I.
Tomás Bilbatúa: [to Lorenzo] Would you?
Goya: What is this Tomás, are you playing some sort of silly game with you guest? Nobody would ever ask Father Lorenzo to confess something so absurd.
Tomás Bilbatúa: I would.
[leaves the table]
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Tomás Bilbatúa: [reading from a freshly prepared document] I, Lorenzo Casamares, hereby confess, that contrary to my human appearance, I am in fact, the bastard son of a chimpanzee and an orangutan, and I have schemed to join the church, in order to do harm to the holy office.
Tomás Bilbatúa: [places the parchment and quill in front of Lorenzo, then sits down] Sign it.