The Life of Leonardo da Vinci

*The Life of Leonardo da Vinci*
The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
	The DVD cover (2003)
Written by	Renato Castellani
Directed by	Renato Castellani
Starring	Philippe Leroy
Narrated by	Giulio Bosetti (and onscreen presenter)
Theme music composer	Roman Vlad
Country of origin	Italy; Spain; France
Original language	Italian
Production
Running time	270 min (five 54-minute episodes)
Production companies	RAI; Televisión Española; ORTF; Istituto Luce
Original release
Release	October 20, 1971; Italy: 24 October 1971; USA: 13 August 1972; France: 2 May 1974
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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 genius Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519).

The Golden Globe Award-winning miniseries was directed by Renato Castellani, produced by RAI, Televisión Española, ORTF and Istituto Luce and distributed in the United States by CBS, which aired it from August 13, 1972 to September 10, 1972.^[1] 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.

^ Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present, Sixth Edition, New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 596.