The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance (2004)
From a small Italian community in 15th-century Florence, the Medici family would rise to rule Europe in many ways. Using charm, patronage, skill, duplicity and ruthlessness, they would amass unparalleled wealth and unprecedented power. They would also ignite the most important cultural and artistic revolution in Western history -- the European Renaissance. But the forces of change the Medici helped unleash would one day topple their ordered world.
Director: Justin Hardy
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Massimo Marinoni as Narrator |
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Peter Guinness as Galileo |
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Ian Bustard as Giovanni de'Medici |
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Niccolo Cioni as Giulio de'Medici |
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Ben De Saumserez as Cosimo de'Medici |
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James Innes-Smith as Lorenzo de'Medici |
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Federico Stefanelli as Ferdinando de'Medici |
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Pip Torrens as Cosimo de'Medici |
| Directing | Justin Hardy | Director |
| Writing | Susan Horth | Writer |
| Production | Justin Hardy | Producer |
| Production | Susan Horth | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Christian Vasse | Music |
| Crew | Malcolm McLean | Cinematography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Caitlyn Tanner | Makeup Designer |
| Editing | James Gold | Editor |
| Editing | Charles Davies | Editor |
| Editing | Richard Cox | Editor |