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