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