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