Cellini: A Violent Life
The story of Benvenuto Cellinin (1500-1571), a soldier and one of the most important craftsmen and artists of Renaissance Italy whose life was marked by many achievements and adventures, but also crimes. There is also the mini-series version consisted of three 90 minutes episodes, broadcasted by RaiDue.
Director Giacomo Battiato
Cast
Wadeck Stanczak
Benvenuto Cellini
Geoffrey Carey
Montluc
Ted Rusoff
Alessandro Farnese /Pope Alexander III
Michele Melega
Prelate
Marne Maitland
Blind cardinal
Ennio Fantastichini
Cosimo De Medici
Florence Thomassin
Madame d'Estampes
Luigi Amodeo
Gherardo
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Captain
Popeck
Gattinara
Nando Paone
Young knight
Max von Sydow
Pope Clement VII
Amanda Sandrelli
Pantasilea
Valentina Lainati
Maddalena
Rino Cassano
Monaco
Jean-Marie Galey
Servant of Rosso
Antonino Iuorio
Ben Kingsley
Governor
Maurizio Donadoni
Florentine Red
Lorenza Guerrieri
Faustina
Malka Ribowska
Widow
Gianni Garofalo
Giulio Romano
Sylvie Granotier
Diane de Poitiers
Charles Borromel
Officer
Sophie Ward
Porzia / Supplizia
Jean-Paul Muel
Judge
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
Renzo di Ceri
Egidio Termine
Penni
Renaud Danner
Servant of Cellini
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Bourbon
Dario Penne
Foreman
Carlos Alberto Valles
Doctor
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
François the First
Florence Pernel
Catherine
Luigi Di Fiore
Pierluigi Farnese
Tony Vogel
Baccio Bandinelli
Sara Bertelà
Catherine De Medici
Armando Bandini
Treasurer
Donald O'Brien
Bernardino, hermit