The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance

IMDb 7.2 2004 • 220 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Justin Hardy

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Massimo Marinoni
Massimo Marinoni Narrator
Peter Guinness
Peter Guinness Galileo
Ian Bustard
Ian Bustard Giovanni de'Medici
Niccolo Cioni
Niccolo Cioni Giulio de'Medici
Ben De Saumserez
Ben De Saumserez Cosimo de'Medici