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