The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

The Most Brilliant Mind in History

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.

Documentary Drama

Philippe Leroy

(Leonardo)

Marta Fischer

(Isabella d'Aragona)

Renzo Rossi

(Sandro Botticelli)

Giampiero Albertini

(Ludovico Il Moro)

Ann Odessa

(Catherine)

Glauco Onorato

(Ser Piero Da Vinci)

Filippo Scelzo

(Nonno Antonio)

Carlos de Carvalho

(Zio Francesco)

Mario Molli

(Andrea Verrocchio)

James Werner

(Lorenzo di Credi)

Alberto Fiorini

(Leonardo a 13 anni)

Riad Gholmié

(Francesco I di Francia)

Bruno Cirino

(Michelangelo)

Maria Marchi

(Mathurine)

Sara Franchetti

(Cecilia Gallerani)

Marco Mazzoni

(Leonardo a 5 anni)

Wanda Vismara

(Margherita)

Federico Pietrabruna

(Cesare Borgia)

Ottavia Piccolo

(Beatrice d'Este)

Christian de Tillière

(Luigi XII)

Renato Cestiè

(Leonardo a 6 anni)

Maria Tedeschi

(Lucia, nonna di Leonardo)

Bianca Toccafondi

(Isabella d'Este)

Marco Bonetti

(Marco D'Oggiono)

Enrico Osterman

(Niccolò Macchiavelli)

Franco Leo

(Girolamo Savonarola)

Alberto Sorrentino

(Frate)