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