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.
Cast
Wadeck Stanczak
Benvenuto Cellini
Max von Sydow
Pope Clement VII
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
François the First
Ben Kingsley
Governor
Sophie Ward
Porzia / Supplizia
Maurizio Donadoni
Florentine Red
Florence Pernel
Catherine
Pamela Villoresi
Fiore
Marne Maitland
Blind cardinal
Luigi Di Fiore
Pierluigi Farnese
Lorenza Guerrieri
Faustina
Sara Bertelà
Catherine De Medici
Malka Ribowska
Widow
Jean-Paul Muel
Judge
Ennio Fantastichini
Cosimo De Medici
Amanda Sandrelli
Pantasilea
Tony Vogel
Baccio Bandinelli
Armando Bandini
Treasurer
Gianluca Valerio
Paolino
Valentina Lainati
Maddalena
Geoffrey Carey
Montluc
Yves Collignon
Monsieur de Marmaignes
Gianni Garofalo
Giulio Romano
Sylvie Granotier
Diane de Poitiers
Sebastiano Lo Monaco
Renzo di Ceri
Donald O'Brien
Bernardino, hermit
Ted Rusoff
Alessandro Farnese /Pope Alexander III
Florence Thomassin
Madame d'Estampes
Luigi Amodeo
Gherardo
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Bourbon
Charles Borromel
Officer
Rino Cassano
Monaco
Giovanni Cianfriglia
Captain
Jean-Marie Galey
Servant of Rosso
Popeck
Gattinara
Michele Melega
Prelate
Michel Motu
Friar
Nando Paone
Young knight
Dario Penne
Foreman
Guido Polito
Pomona
Antonino Iuorio
Unknown
Maurizio Solda
Bozza
Egidio Termine
Penni
Carlos Alberto Valles
Doctor
Roberto Visconti
Pompeo
Franco Senika
Comedian
Alberto Musacchio
Comedian
Renaud Danner
Servant of Cellini
Jean-Denis Monory
Servant of Cellini
Crew
Giacomo Battiato
Director
Vittorio Bonicelli
Writer
Claudio Di Mauro
Editor
Élisabeth Couque
Editor
Dante Spinotti
Director of Photography
Richard Debuisne
Assistant Director
André Djaoui
Co-Producer
Léon Desclozeaux
Line Producer
Jean-Louis Povéda
Production Design
Nanà Cecchi
Costume Designer
Michel Kharat
Sound Mixer
Bernard Bats
Sound Recordist
Franco Battiato
Original Music Composer
Benvenuto Cellini
Original Story
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