The Life of Leonardo da Vinci (series)
La vita di Leonardo Da Vinci- User score: 8.2
- Production country: France, Italy, Spain
- Creator: Renato Castellani
- Production companies: Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, RAI
- Genre: Documentary, Drama
- Release date: 10/28/1971
- Release date of last episode: 11/21/1971
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 5
Series description
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 polymath Leonardo da Vinci. The Golden Globe-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, and produced by RAI 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.
