''A Season of Giants'' (, also known as ''Michelangelo: The Last Giant'') is a 1990 American-Italian

biographical A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or curric ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

television film A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestr ...

directed by

Jerry London Jerry London (born January 21, 1937) is an American television director and producer. Life and career London has directed more than forty television movies, including the Emmy Award nominated '' Chiefs''. London won best director for James Cla ...

. Based on the Vincenzo Labella's book ''Una stagione di giganti'', it depicts real life events of

Michelangelo Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...

, his youth, his approach with art, his friendship with

Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested o ...

and

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), now generally known in English as Raphael ( , ), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. List of paintings by Raphael, His work is admired for its cl ...

, and his involvement in great political and religious events.

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* Mark Frankel as Michelangelo * John Glover as Leonardo da Vinci * F. Murray Abraham as

Pope Julius II Pope Julius II (; ; born Giuliano della Rovere; 5 December 144321 February 1513) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1503 to his death, in February 1513. Nicknamed the Warrior Pope, the Battle Pope or the Fearsome ...

Ornella Muti Francesca Romana Rivelli (born 9 March 1955), professionally known as Ornella Muti, is an Italian actress. Among the best-known Italian actresses, in her career, she has worked across various genres, working alongside Italian directors such as ...

as Onoria *

Ian Holm Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After graduating from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) and beginning his career on the British stage as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he became a ...

Lorenzo De Medici Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (; 1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492), was an Italian statesman, the '' de facto'' ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lo ...

Steven Berkoff Steven Berkoff (born Leslie Steven Berks; 3 August 1937) is an English actor, author, playwright, theatre practitioner and theatre director. As a theatre maker he is recognised for staging work with a heightened performance style known as "Be ...

Savonarola Savonarola is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498), Italian Dominican friar and reformer * Michele Savonarola (1385–), Italian physician, humanist and historian {{Surname, 2=Italian-la ...

Andrea Prodan Andrea Prodan (born 16 November 1961) is an Italian film actor, composer and musician. He is the younger brother of rock star Luca Prodan, notable for his musical career in Argentina, leading the rock band Sumo. Biography The Prodan family, ...

as Raphael *

Jonathan Hyde Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King (born 21 May 1948), known professionally as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian actor. Hyde is perhaps best known for roles as Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film '' Richie Rich'' (1994), Samuel Parrish ...

as Solderini *

John Steiner John Steiner (7 January 1941 – 31 July 2022) was an English actor. Tall, thin and gaunt, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed on-stage for the Royal Shakespeare Company, but was best known to audiences for his roles ...

as Cardinal Riario * Ricky Tognazzi as

Niccolò Machiavelli Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise '' The Prince'' (), writte ...

* Julian Holloway as Aldovrandi *

Alessandro Gassman Alessandro Gassmann (; born 24 February 1965) is an Italian actor and film director. Early life Born in Rome, he is the son of Italian actor Vittorio Gassman and French actress Juliette Mayniel. He is of Italian, German, Jewish and French de ...

as Francesco Granacci *

Raf Vallone Raffaele Vallone (17 February 1916 – 31 October 2002) was an Italian actor and footballer. One of the top male Italian stars of the 1950s and 1960s, he first became known for his association with the neorealist movement, and found success in ...

as Spanish Ambassador * Pier Paolo Capponi as Burchard *

Angelo Infanti Angelo Infanti (; 16 February 1939 – 12 October 2010) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1961 and 2010. He was born on 16 February 1939 in Zagarolo, Italy. He died on 12 October 2010 in Tivoli, Italy due ...

as Jacopo from Fiesole * Anna Kanakis as Sister Ilaria * Daniela Poggi as Bianca * Tony Vogel as Bramante * Giancarlo Prete as Angolo Poliziano *

Vernon Dobtcheff Vernon Alexandre Dobtcheff (born 14 August 1934) is a French-British character actor, who has appeared in over 300 film, television, and stage productions in a career spanning six decades. Rupert Everett described him as a "patron saint of the ...

as Jacopo Galli *

John Hallam John William Francis Hallam (28 October 1941 – 14 November 2006) was a character actor from Northern Ireland, who frequently played hard men or military types. Early life John Hallam was born, the son of a superintendent at the Port o ...

as Ludovico Buonarroti *

Mattia Sbragia Mattia Sbragia (born 17 April 1952) is an Italian character actor. The son of the actor and stage director Giancarlo Sbragia and the actress Princess Esmeralda Ruspoli. He made his motion picture debut in 1974, in Franco Rossetti's ''Nipoti ...

as Lorenzo Di Pierfrancesco *

Marne Maitland James Marne Kumar Maitland (18 December 1914 – March 1992) was an Anglo-Indian actor and voice artist. He worked extensively in Britain, mainly in character roles, but also appeared in many Italian productions, after moving there in the 1 ...

as Romolino *

Venantino Venantini Venantino Venantini (17 April 1930 – 9 October 2018) was an Italian film actor.Francesca D'Aloja Francesca D'Aloja (born 21 April 1963) is an Italian actress and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, D'Aloja started her career as a theater actress. In cinema, after several secondary roles, she made her debut as main actress in 1992 ...

as Mona Lisa * Danja Gazzara as Lucrezia Borgia *

Benito Stefanelli Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991. Biography and career Stefanelli is best known in world cinema for his ...

as the French Lieutenant * Giuseppe Cederna as Cardiere * Enrico Lo Verso as Scultore

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* 1990 television films 1990 films American biographical drama films 1990s biographical drama films Depictions of Leonardo da Vinci on television Cultural depictions of Michelangelo Cultural depictions of Raphael Cultural depictions of Niccolò Machiavelli Cultural depictions of Girolamo Savonarola Cultural depictions of Lucrezia Borgia Cultural depictions of Lorenzo de' Medici Cultural depictions of Pope Julius II Films directed by Jerry London Films scored by Riz Ortolani 1990s American films {{bio-film-stub

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