The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
| The Life of Leonardo da Vinci | |
|---|---|
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The DVD cover (2003) | |
| Written by | Renato Castellani |
| Directed by | Renato Castellani |
| Starring | Philippe Leroy |
| Narrated by | Giulio Bosetti (and onscreen presenter) |
| Theme music composer | Roman Vlad |
| Country of origin | Italy |
| Original language(s) | Italian |
| Production | |
| Running time | 270 min (five 54-minute episodes) |
| Distributor |
RAI CBS |
| Release | |
| Original release |
October 20, 1971 Italy: 24 October 1971 USA: 13 August 1972 France: 2 May 1974 |
La Vita di Leonardo Da Vinci — in English, The Life of Leonardo da Vinci — is a 1971 Italian television miniseries dramatizing the life of the Italian Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519).
The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI (the Italian national television) and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972.[1] Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total runtime of the five episodes is nearly five hours.
Cast
- Philippe Leroy as Leonardo da Vinci adult
- Riad Gholmie as Francis I of France
- Giampiero Albertini as Ludovico Sforza
- Renzo Rossi as Sandro Botticelli
- Bruno Cirino as Michelangelo
- Marta Fischer as Isabella of Aragon
- Enrico Osterman as Niccolò Machiavelli
- Mario Molli as Andrea del Verrocchio
- Carlo Simoni as Francesco Melzi
- Bianca Toccafondi as Isabella d'Este
Awards and nominations
Awards
- 1972 - Golden Globe - Best Television Special
Nominations
- 1973 - Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes); Philippe Leroy (CBS)
- 1973 - Emmy - Outstanding Drama/Comedy - Limited Episodes (CBS and Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) [executive producer]). For Parts I-V.
Alternate titles
- Das Leben Leonardo da Vincis (West Germany; recut version)
- I, Leonardo (USA)
- The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (USA)
- Léonard de Vinci (France)
- Жизнь Леонардо да Винчи (СССР)
- Животът на Леонардо да Винчи (Bulgaria)
- La vida de Leonardo Da Vinci (Venezuela)
Errors
- In the English-dubbed narration, Ludovico Sforza's Milan is said to have fallen in 1499 to the French King Louis VII (reigned 1137-1180). The reference should be to Louis XII (reigned 1498-1515).
External links
Notes
- ↑ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 596.
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