Sunday, December 27, 2015

Classic Television - Prime Time

The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
Original Network
CBS
Original Run
August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972
Starring
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
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.  Castellani wrote the screenplay. It was filmed entirely on location in Italy and France. The total run time of the five episodes is nearly five hours.

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