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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

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. The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI 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 runtime of the five episodes is nearly five hours.

1971 |1 Season   |  Documentary, Drama

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Philippe Leroy

Leonardo

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Renzo Rossi

Sandro Botticelli

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Giampiero Albertini

Ludovico Il Moro

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Glauco Onorato

Ser Piero Da Vinci

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Bruno Cirino

Michelangelo

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Maria Marchi

Mathurine

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Sara Franchetti

Cecilia Gallerani

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Ottavia Piccolo

Beatrice d'Este

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Christian de Tillière

Luigi XII

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Renato Cestiè

Leonardo a 6 anni

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Maria Tedeschi

Lucia, nonna di Leonardo

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Bianca Toccafondi

Isabella d'Este

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Marco Bonetti

Marco D'Oggiono

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Enrico Osterman

Niccolò Macchiavelli

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Franco Leo

Girolamo Savonarola

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Alberto Sorrentino

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Creator

Renato Castellani

Status

Ended

Languages

German, Italian

Network

Rai 1