A Season of Giants
Brief Synopsis
Set in Rome and Florence from 1492 to 1508, this miniseries dramatizes the life of Michelangelo and his interaction with two other great Renaissance artists, Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael.
Cast & Crew
Read More
Massimo Sarchielli
Lorenzo Piani
Benito Stefanelli
Marcello Ghinfanti
Jonathan Hyde
Mattia Sbragia
Film Details
Also Known As
Michelangelo: A Season of Giants, Season of Giants
Genre
Biography
Historical
Period
Release Date
1991
Location
Viterbo, Italy; Rome, Italy; Odescalchi Castle, Italy; Florence, Italy; Caprarola, Italy; Bracciano, Italy
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Set in Rome and Florence from 1492 to 1508, this miniseries dramatizes the life of Michelangelo and his interaction with two other great Renaissance artists, Leonardo Da Vinci and Raphael.
Cast
Massimo Sarchielli
Lorenzo Piani
Benito Stefanelli
Marcello Ghinfanti
Jonathan Hyde
Mattia Sbragia
Vernon Dobtcheff
Luigi Basagaluppi
Ian Holm
Fabio Giordano
Venantino Venantini
Pietro Bontempo
Alessandro Gassman
Vittorio Amandola
Angelo Infanti
Giancarlo Prete
Stefano Gragnani
Romano Puppo
Roberto Renna
Andrea Prodan
Raf Vallone
Alberto Rossi
Arnaldo Dacorte
F. Murray Abraham
Alessandro Simonini
Alberto Gimignani
Annaluisa Sozzani
Francesco Apolloni
Mario Eprichini
Evelina Nazzari
John Glover
Claudio Picarelli
Rodolfo Bigotti
Vanni Corbellini
Francesca D'aloja
Elio Zoccarato
Paolo Demanincor
Remo Remotti
Daniela Poggi
Bettine Milne
Stelio Candelli
Tony Vogel
Ornella Muti
John Hallam
Bernard Kaye
Julian Holloway
Franco Trevisi
Pier Paolo Capponi
Giovanni Bachino
Gianni Di Benedetto
Ben Sharif
Benito Barbieri
Juliette Caton
Marta Ferri
Mark Frankel
Sara Bertela
Pierluigi Misasi
John Steiner
Franco Castellano
Paolo Lorimer
Gianni Garofalo
Marne Maitland
Claudio Gnomus
Steven Berkoff
Fabio Traversa
Anna Kanakis
Donald Hodson
Nazareno Natale
Luigi Barcellona
Ricky Tognazzi
Francesco Carnelutti
Marinella Magri
Italo Nardulli
Alex Serra
Giuseppe Cederna
Geoffrey Coppleston
Emidio Lavella
Danja Gazzara
Ovidio Martucci
Crew
Fabrizio Alvaro
Graphics
Fabrizio Ancillai
Assistant Camera Operator
Nedo Angeletti
Unit Manager
Adelchi Azzano
Wardrobe
Carlo Balestrieri
Assistant Editor
Beatrice Biggi
Production Assistant
Corrado Biggi
Production
Maddalena Biggi
Assistant Set Decorator
Agostino Bivi
Other
Piero Bodrato
Assistant Director
Julian Bond
Screenplay
Patrizia Bonetti
Assistant
Flora Brancatelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Federico Brasca
Assistant Set Decorator
Enzo Bulgarelli
Production Designer
Stefano Bulgarelli
Assistant Art Director
Vincenzo Carbone
Other
Bruno Cesari
Set Decorator
Francesco Cinieri
Casting
Giancarlo Ciotti
Auditor
Barbara Claman
Casting
Janet Clench
Other
Luca Conte
Graphics
Gianni Cozzo
Assistant Director
Remo De Angelis
Dialogue Coach
Remo De Angelis
Stunt Coordinator
Michael Dealy
Executive Producer
Paolo Del Grande
Art Department
Mariella Dirindelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Alan Elledge
Assistant Director
Bianca Erba
Wardrobe
Nino Fantacci
Production Manager
Gisa Favella
Hair
Renato Fie
Unit Manager
Maria Filippi
Assistant Costume Designer
Franco Freda
Makeup
Fabio Gaglione
Other
Egidio Gallo
Construction
Giampietro Grassi
Wardrobe
Enrico Jacoponi
Makeup
Anna Korda
Dialogue Coach
Vincenzo Labella
Screenplay
Vincenzo Labella
Producer
Maurizio Lupi
Hairdresser
Angeluccio Maccarinelli
Propman
Antonio Maltempo
Makeup
Mario Mariani
Production Supervisor
Mario Marroni
Other
Giuliana Marsili
Assistant Editor
John Martinelli
Editor
Ugo Menegatti
Other
Rodolfo Mignacca
Other
Arnoldo Moggiani
Other
Marcello Montarsi
Other
Maurizio Monteverde
Costumes
Claudio Nannuzzi
Camera Operator
Daniele Nannuzzi
Director Of Photography
Gaetano Nardi
Propman
Susan Oldroyd
Script Supervisor
Marco Olivieri
Other
Mario Olivieri
Unit Manager
Riz Ortolani
Music
Rizia Ortolani
Other
Adriano Pischiutta
Special Effects
Claudio Pittorino
Production Assistant
Michela Prodan
Dialogue Coach
Simonetta Proietti
Assistant Editor
Raul Renzetti
Assistant Art Director
Francesca Roberti
Assistant Director
Albamaria Ruggeri
Other
John Salter
Boom Operator
Oscar Santaniello
Production Supervisor
Silvana Senzacqua
Hairdresser
Luigi Sergianni
Construction
Fabrizio Sforza
Makeup
Rose Tobias Shaw
Casting
Romolo Siani
Other
Bertilla Silvestrin
Seamstress Supervisor
Alfio Sugaroni
Producer
Peter Sutton
Sound Engineer
Mario Tersigni
Other
Marcello Turco
Other
Franco Vitale
Photography
Film Details
Also Known As
Michelangelo: A Season of Giants, Season of Giants
Genre
Biography
Historical
Period
Release Date
1991
Location
Viterbo, Italy; Rome, Italy; Odescalchi Castle, Italy; Florence, Italy; Caprarola, Italy; Bracciano, Italy
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States March 17, 1991
Aired in United States March 18, 1991
Previous title: "Michelangelo: A Season of Giants."
Estimated budget: $14,000,000
Began shooting August 1989.
Completed shooting November 3, 1989.
2
