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