Overview
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.
Cast
- Wadeck Stanczak as Benvenuto Cellini
- Max von Sydow as Pope Clement VII
- Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as François the First
- Ben Kingsley as Governor
- Sophie Ward as Porzia / Supplizia
- Maurizio Donadoni as Florentine Red
- Florence Pernel as Catherine
- Pamela Villoresi as Fiore
- Marne Maitland as Blind cardinal
- Luigi Di Fiore as Pierluigi Farnese