Overview
Part of a trilogy of “Famous Lives” conceived by Angelo Guglielmi, Vittorio Cottafavi's television series is a rigorous reconstruction of the biography of the great poet, alternating between fiction and documentary sequences.
Cast
- Giorgio Albertazzi as Dante
- Ileana Ghione as Gemma Donati
- Davide Montemurri as Francesco Alighieri
- Andrea Checchi as Vieri de' Cerchi
- Riccardo Cucciolla as Narrator
- Mario Baldella as Dino Compagni
- Pier Luigi Zollo as Forese Donati
- Corrado Annicelli as Palmieri Altoviti
- Mario Feliciani as Corso Donati
- Luigi Vannucchi as Guido Cavalcanti