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The Age of the Medici, originally released in Italy as L'età di Cosimo de Medici, is a 1973 3-part TV series about the Renaissance in Florence, directed by Roberto Rossellini. The series was shot in English in the hope of securing a North American release, which it failed to achieve, and was later dubbed into Italian and shown on state television. The films are: Cosimo de Medici, The Power of Cosimo and Leon Battista Alberti: Humanism. It is Fred Ward's debut role.
Original Release
12/26/1972
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Adriano Amidei Migliano | Carlo degli Alberti |
| Michel Bardinet | Ciriaco d'Arpaso |
| Roberto Bisacco | Niccolò Di Cocco Donati |
| Tom Felleghy | Rinaldo degli Albizzi |
| Virgilio Gazzolo | Leon Battista Alberti |
| Ugo Cardea | Niccolò Cusano |
| Marcello Di Falco | Cosimo de' Medici / Cosimo de' Medic |
| Bruno Cattaneo | Toscanelli |
| Sergio Nicolai | Francesco Sederini |
| John Stacy | Ilarione de' Bardi |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'esilio di Cosimo | Tuesday, 26 December 1972 |
| 2 | Il potere di Cosimo | Tuesday, 02 January 1973 |
| 3 | Leon Battista Alberti: l'Umanesimo | Tuesday, 09 January 1973 |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Rossellini, Luciano Scaffa, Marcella Mariani, Niccolò Machiavelli, Francesco Guicciardini
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Adriano Amidei Migliano | Carlo degli Alberti |
| Michel Bardinet | Ciriaco d'Arpaso |
| Roberto Bisacco | Niccolò Di Cocco Donati |
| Tom Felleghy | Rinaldo degli Albizzi |
| Virgilio Gazzolo | Leon Battista Alberti |
| Ugo Cardea | Niccolò Cusano |
| Marcello Di Falco | Cosimo de' Medici / Cosimo de' Medic |
| Bruno Cattaneo | Toscanelli |
| Sergio Nicolai | Francesco Sederini |
| John Stacy | Ilarione de' Bardi |
| Yanti Somer | Contessina de' Bardi, moglie di Cosimo |
| Valentino Macchi | Ubertino de' Bardi |
| Piero Gerlini | Poggio Bracciolini |
| Sergio Serafini | Lorenzo |
| Goffredo Matassi | Bernardo Guadagni, gonfaloniere di Firenze |
| Giuliano Esperati | Nuovo gonfaloniere |
| Lincoln Tate | Thomas Wadding |
| Fred Ward | Niccolò de' Conti |
| Mario Erpichini | Totto Machiavelli |
| John Bartha | Papa Niccolò V |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Renzo Rossellini | Producer |
| Claude Baks | Producer |
