The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
1971 • 1 SeasonLa vita di Leonardo da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci.
The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972. Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly five hours.
Top Series Cast
Philippe Leroy
as Leonardo
Marta Fischer
as Isabella d'Aragona
Renzo Rossi
as Sandro Botticelli
Giampiero Albertini
as Ludovico Il Moro
Ann Odessa
as Catherine
Glauco Onorato
as Ser Piero Da Vinci
Filippo Scelzo
as Nonno Antonio
Carlos de Carvalho
as Zio Francesco
Mario Molli
as Andrea Verrocchio
James Werner
as Lorenzo di Credi
Alberto Fiorini
as Leonardo a 13 anni
Riad Gholmié
as Francesco I di Francia
Bruno Cirino
as Michelangelo
Maria Marchi
as Mathurine
Sara Franchetti
as Cecilia Gallerani
Marco Mazzoni
as Leonardo a 5 anni
Wanda Vismara
as Margherita
Federico Pietrabruna
as Cesare Borgia
Ottavia Piccolo
as Beatrice d'Este
Christian de Tillière
as Luigi XII
Renato Cestiè
as Leonardo a 6 anni
Maria Tedeschi
as Lucia, nonna di Leonardo
Bianca Toccafondi
as Isabella d'Este
Marco Bonetti
as Marco D'Oggiono
Enrico Osterman
as Niccolò Macchiavelli
Franco Leo
as Girolamo Savonarola
Alberto Sorrentino
as Frate
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