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The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

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Released:February 4, 2004
Runtime:3h 40m
Status:Released

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.

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Cast

Massimo Marinoni

Massimo Marinoni

Narrator

Peter Guinness

Peter Guinness

Galileo

Ian Bustard

Giovanni de'Medici

Niccolo Cioni

Giulio de'Medici

Ben De Saumserez

Cosimo de'Medici

James Innes-Smith

Lorenzo de'Medici

Federico Stefanelli

Ferdinando de'Medici

Pip Torrens

Pip Torrens

Cosimo de'Medici

Storyline

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.

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