SYNOPSIS: Roberto Rossellini’s three-part The Age of the Medici is like a Renaissance painting come to life: a portrait of fifteenth-century Florence, ruled by the Medici political dynasty. With a lovely score from composer Manuel de Sica (son of Vittorio), this grand yet intimate work is a storybook conjuring of a way of life and thought.
| Leon Battista Alberti | Virginio Gazzolo |
| Cosimo de’ Medici | Marcello Di Falco |
| Carlo degli Alberti | Adriano Amidei Migliano |
| Niccolo Di Cocco Donati | Roberto Bisacco |
| Niccolo Cusano | Ugo Cardea |
| Rinaldo degli Albizzi | Tom Felleghy |
| Director | Roberto Rossellini |
| Producer | Renzo Rossellini |
| Screenplay | Roberto Rossellini, Luciano Scaffa and Marcella Mariani |
| Cinematography | Mario Montuori |
| Editing | Iolanda Benvenuti |
| Music | Manuel De Sica |
| Costumes | Marcella de Marchis |
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