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Written by
  
Renato Castellani

Starring
  
Philippe Leroy

Country of origin
  
Italy

First episode date
  
20 October 1971

Number of episodes
  
5

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IMDb

Directed by
  
Renato Castellani

Theme music composer
  
Roman Vlad

Original language(s)
  
Italian

Number of seasons
  
1

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Narrated by
  
Giulio Bosetti (and onscreen presenter)

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie

Awards
  
Golden Globe Award for Best TV Special - Variety/Musical

Similar
  
Da Vinci's Demons, Born Innocent, Demons, Leonardo, Vita di Michelangelo

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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 genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519).

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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 runtime of the five episodes is nearly five hours.

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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

  • 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).

    • References

    The Life of Leonardo da Vinci Wikipedia
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