Cellini: A Violent Life

Cellini: A Violent Life

118 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 2, 1990

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.

Cellini: A Violent Life

118 mins | Drama, TV Movie | May 2, 1990

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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers RAI, Beta Taurus
Original title Una vita scellerata
Directors Giacomo Battiato, Richard Debuisne
Writers

Cast

Wadeck Stanczak

as Benvenuto Cellini

Max von Sydow

as Papa Clemente VII

Ben Kingsley

as Governatore

Sophie Ward

as Porzia / Supplizia

Pamela Villoresi

as Fiore

Ennio Fantastichini

as Cosimo De Medici

Luigi Di Fiore

as Pierluigi Farnese

Sara Bertelà

as Catherine De Medici

Amanda Sandrelli

as Pantasilea

Lorenza Guerrieri

as Faustina