The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

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).

The Golden Globe Award-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, produced by RAI, Televisión Española, ORTF and Istituto Luce 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.

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
 * Bruno Piergentili as Salaì (Gian Giacomo Caprotti)

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)
 * Leonardo Da Vinci élete (Hungary, 4 January 1974)

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).