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
Marne Maitland
Blind cardinal
Luigi Di Fiore
Pierluigi Farnese
Popeck
Gattinara
Carlos Alberto Valles
Doctor
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
François the First
Ben Kingsley
Governor
Valentina Lainati
Maddalena
Max von Sydow
Pope Clement VII
Ennio Fantastichini
Cosimo De Medici
Geoffrey Carey
Montluc
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Bourbon
Antonino Iuorio
Sophie Ward
Porzia / Supplizia
Maurizio Donadoni
Florentine Red
Pamela Villoresi
Fiore
Sara Bertelà
Catherine De Medici
Gianni Garofalo
Giulio Romano
Ted Rusoff
Alessandro Farnese /Pope Alexander III
Donald O'Brien
Bernardino, hermit
Luigi Amodeo
Gherardo
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Captain
Jean-Marie Galey
Servant of Rosso
Nando Paone
Young knight
Egidio Termine
Penni
Renaud Danner
Servant of Cellini
Wadeck Stanczak
Benvenuto Cellini
Lorenza Guerrieri
Faustina
Malka Ribowska
Widow
Amanda Sandrelli
Pantasilea
Armando Bandini
Treasurer
Charles Borromel
Officer
Rino Cassano
Monaco
Dario Penne
Foreman
Florence Pernel
Catherine
Jean-Paul Muel
Judge
Tony Vogel
Baccio Bandinelli
Florence Thomassin
Madame d'Estampes
Michele Melega
Prelate
Sylvie Granotier
Diane de Poitiers
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
Renzo di Ceri